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2024
The Fourth Amendment, 40th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Apr 2024
Forbidden Purposes, University of Arkansas Law School, Mar 2024
Describing Law, Law and Philosophy Workshop, University of Chicago Law School, Feb 2024
Natural Punishment, American University of Phnom Penh, Feb 2024
Natural Punishment, Royal University of Law and Economics, Cambodia, Feb 2024
2023
Pragmatism and Punishment, Pragmatist Political and Legal Philosophy Conference, University of Richmond, Nov 2023
From Metaethics to First-Order Ethics: A Proof of Concept, Philadelphia Normative Philosophy Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Oct 2023
Experimental Jurisprudence has Haters, Cornell Law School, Sep 2023
Acknowledging Natural Punishment, Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World Session, APA Pacific Division Conference, San Francisco, CA, Apr 2023
Forbidden Purposes: A New Path for Limiting Criminalization, JCLC Symposium on the Future of American Criminal Law, Pritzker Law, Northwestern University, Mar 2023
Acknowledging Natural Punishment, Penn State Law School, Mar 2023
Media, Race, and Crime, Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Feb 2023
2022
Acknowledging Natural Punishment, Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Nov 2022
The Inherent Problem with Mass Incarceration, Philosophy Dept., LSU, Nov 2022
The Inherent Problem with Mass Incarceration, Northeastern Illinois University, Nov 2022
A Pragmatist Case Against Voluntarist Ethics, Philosophy Dept., University of Witwatersrand, Oct 2022
A Pragmatist Case Against Voluntarist Ethics, University of Cape Town, Oct 2022
A Pragmatist Case Against Voluntarist Ethics, Stellenbosch University, Oct 2022
Acknowledging Natural Punishment, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), University of Witwatersrand, Oct 2022
A Pragmatist Case Against Voluntarist Ethics, Ethics and Epistemology Conference, Dartmouth College, Aug 2022
The Inherent Problem with Mass Incarceration, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, April 2022
Experimental Approaches to General Jurisprudence, University of Surrey School of Law, March 2022
Natural Punishment, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, March 2022
Truth and Reconciliation in Carlisle, PA, Rethinking Systems Design for Racial Justice & Equity Symposium, The Ohio State University, March 2022
Experimental Approaches to General Jurisprudence, University of Arizona Law School, Feb 2022
The Inherent Problem with Mass Incarceration, Ending Mass Incarceration Symposium, University of Oklahoma College of Law, Feb 2022
Experimental Approaches to General Jurisprudence, Legal Theory Seminar, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Jan 2022
2021
Natural Punishment, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, Nov 2021
Blacks, Cops, and the State of Nature, Rhodes College, Nov 2021
Hobbes and America’s Police Problem, IHS Seminar on Policing and Political Philosophy, George Mason University, Oct 2021
Natural Punishment, Faculty Workshop Series, University of Illinois College of Law, Sept 2021
Blacks, Cops, and the State of Nature, IHS Seminar on Unnecessary Evils: Laws, Judging, and Policing in an Overcriminalized World, George Mason University, July 2021
Pragmatism, Truth, and Lies, Philosophical Perspectives on Freedom of Speech in a Liberal Democracy, SEALS 2021, Amelia Island, Florida, July 2021
Privacy When You Least Expect It: On Police Searches and Expectations of Privacy, Invited Session on Policing and Police, APA Pacific Division Conference, Portland, OR, Apr 2021
Natural Punishment, ACS Constitutional Law Scholars Forum, Barry Law School, Mar 2021
Reparations, Responsibility, and Formalism, Iowa Legal Theory Reading Group, Feb 2021
Blacks, Cops, and the State of Nature, Guest Lecture, Princeton University, Jan 2021
A Question of Trust? Hard vs. Soft Law in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Invited Webinar Panelist, University of Salford, Jan 2021
2020
Critical Race Theory and the Police War on Black Bodies, Northwestern Critical Theories of Law Program, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Nov 2020
Katz Should Only Have One Step, Childress Symposium, Saint Louis Univ. School of Law, Oct 2020
Race and Policing, Invited Panelist, Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, Dickinson College, Sept 2020
2019
The Rorty-Dworkin Debate, Richard Rorty Society Meeting, Penn State Univ., Nov 2019
Moral Stability and Pragmatism, Tokyo Forum for Analytic Philosophy, Univ. of Tokyo, Oct 2019
Fuller and the Folk, New Frontiers in Experimental Jurisprudence, Univ. of Chicago Law School, Oct 2019
Legal Inconsistencies, Penn State Dickinson Law School, Oct 2019
Moral Stability and Pragmatism, Mississippi State Univ., Oct 2019
Natural Punishment, Chicagoland Junior Scholars, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, Sep 2019
Legal Inconsistencies, Chicago-Kent Law School, Sep 2019
Natural Punishment, John Mercer Langston Writing Retreat, Howard Law School, Jul 2019
Natural Punishment, Crim Fest, Brooklyn Law School, Jul 2019
Legal Inconsistencies, Junior Criminal Law Theory Workshop, Univ. of Toronto Law School, Jun 2019
Describing Law, Plenary Speaker, South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Univ. of South Carolina, Mar 2019
Inconsistent Justifications, Keynote, Faculty Workshop, Univ. of Arizona Law School, Jan 2019
Inconsistent Justifications, New Voices in Criminal Justice, 2019 AALS, New Orleans, LA, Jan 2019
2018
Inconsistent Justifications, Tulane University Law School, Oct 2018
Inconsistent Justifications, Junior Faculty Works-in-Progress Conference, Marquette University Law School, Oct 2018
Moral Stability and Pragmatism, Yonsei University, Sept 2018
Moral Stability and Pragmatism, Ohio State University, Aug 2018
Inconsistent Justifications, “The Rule of Law,” 2018 SEALS, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug 2018
Inconsistent Justifications, Crim. Law Theory Workshop, Northwestern Univ. Pritzker School of Law, June 2018
Moral Stability and Pragmatism, Loyola University of New Orleans, Apr 2018
Who are the Punishers? Mississippi Law College, Apr 2018
Describing Law, Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group, Oxford University, Mar 2018
Describing Law, Edinburgh Legal Theory Research Group, Edinburgh Law School, Mar 2018
Inconsistent Justifications, Rule of Law, and Due Process, Louisiana Law Scholars’ Symposium, Loyola Univ. of New Orleans Law School, Feb 2018
2017
Who are the Punishers? University of Connecticut School of Law, Nov 2017
Three Problems with Metaethical Minimalism, Southwestern Philosophical Society Conference, Baylor University, Nov 2017
*Winner of the President’s Prize: best paper by junior scholar*
Moral Stability and Pragmatism, Philosopher’s Cocoon Philosophy Conference, University of Tampa, Oct 2017
Reasons and Considerations, Pittsburgh Area Philosophy Colloquium, Washington and Jefferson College, Sept 2017
Describing Law, Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference, University of Auckland, Jul 2017
Rorty’s Promise in Metaethics, APA, Eastern Division Conference, Baltimore, MD, Jan 2017
2016
Who are the Punishers? Lake Forest College, Nov 2016
Describing Law, Central States Philosophical Association Conference, University of Nebraska, Oct 2016
Blacks, Cops, and the State of Nature, Ethics Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Oct 2016
Rorty’s Promise in Metaethics, Richard Rorty Society Conference, Hamilton College, Sept 2016
Cruel and Unusual What? Northeastern Illinois University, Mar 2016
2015
Practical Deliberation without Practical Reasons, Philosopher’s Cocoon Philosophy Conference, University of Tampa, Nov 2015
Those Magic Changes, Annual Graduate Conference in Philosophy at UN-Reno, Oct 2015
Racist Jury Nullification, Black Graduate Student Association Annual Conference, Northwestern University, Apr 2015
2014
The US Ban on Human Organ Sales: Why We Have It & Should Get Rid of It, Ethics Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Nov 2014
Aristotle’s Conception of Justice, Chicago State University, Sept 2014
Rational Hate, Social Equality Conference, University of Cape Town, Aug 2014
2013
Practical Deliberation without Practical Reasons, Atlantic Region Philosophers’ Association, Dalhousie University, Oct 2013
Against Brewer’s Critique of Desire, Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference at UIUC, Mar 2013
2012
Ethical Pragmatism, International Conference on Applied Ethics, Hokkaido University, Oct 2012
Ethical Pragmatism, Pittsburgh Area Philosophy Colloquium, Washington and Jefferson College, Sept 2012
Ethical Pragmatism, Seoul Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, Yonsei University, May 2012
2010
Rational Hate, Queertopia 3.0, Northwestern University School of Law, May 2010