I joined UC Berkeley's English department in 2015; as of Fall 2024 I am also affiliate faculty with the Department of Philosophy. My research interests include: 20th- and 21st-century British literature; literature and philosophy--especially philosophy of mind and moral philosophy; the history of the novel; literary history; and the history of criticism and reading practice.
My book Behaviorism, Consciousness, and the Literary Mind(link is external) was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in November 2021 (series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism). My essay "Derek Jarman and Everything That Is the Case," which brings Jarman and Wittgenstein's Tractatus to bear on queer theory, appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of Critical Inquiry(link is external). I've also published my work in journals such as ELH(link is external), Novel: A Forum on Fiction(link is external), and PMLA(link is external).
I am working on a new project on moral philosophy, aesthetic value, and modern British fiction. In 2024-2025, I will be teaching the following courses: English 45C, "Literature in English: Mid-19th to the Mid-20th" (Fall 2024); English 100, "(How to Write About) British and Irish Fiction Since 1945" (Spring 2025); and English 190, "The Films and Materials of Derek Jarman."
