As Lead Instructor

The Ethics and Politics of Accountability | Summer 2023

Philosophy in the Islamic World | TBD

As Sections Leader

in which we discussed basic theories of reasoning about how to act, and then applied them to everyday moral and policy problems.
in which we discussed: explanations of why acts are right, outcomes good, arrangements just; what (if anything) make these explanations true; and how we know facts about rightness, goodness, and justice.
in which we discussed the foundations of cognitive science and machine learning, before turning to the ethics of AI and of technology.
in which we discussed the history and philosophy of race, with a special emphasis on race-based rights violation.

Meaning in Life and the Philosophy of Work (Fall 2024), a symposia series for A2Ethics, an Ann Arbor based nonprofit that realizes Dewey’s ideal of democratic dialogue across different generations and groups.

Moral Problems in American Life (2020-2023), a primer for southeast Michigan schools participating in the Ethics Bowl.

Friendship (Winter 2023), a seminar for COMET, a nonprofit geared to young professionals from the broadly Muslim American community.

Anglophone Metaphysics and Epistemology of Science (Summer 2019), a seminar series for local mosques in Texas.

Outreach

I am committed to practicing philosophy with communities outside the academy: in religious centers, high schools, nonprofits, coffee shops, etc.