I am Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool where I primarily teach ethics and political philosophy.
From September 2024 to August 2025 I was a Teaching Fellow in Ethics at the University of College Dublin.
From 2020 until 2024 I was a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. I primarily taught metaethics and ethics from first year undergraduate level to postgraduate level.
Previously I was a Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy at Code University, Berlin (2020), an Honorary Fellow at The University of Liverpool (2020/21 – 2024/25), and a University Teacher at The University of Liverpool (2015 – 2020).
Creative Writing
- Earlier this year I taught a couse on writing philosophical fiction for the Irish Writers Centre.
- Here is a list of my previous creative writing workshops.
- If you’d like to book a creative writing workshop with me please get in touch via the contact page.
Philosophy
- At the University of Liverpool I teach Ethics, and Mind, Knowledge, and Reality.
- At University College Dublin I taught Introduction to Ethics, Applied Ethics, and Ethics in Public Life.
- At Trinity College Dublin I taught metaethics, ethics, and the philosophy of disability from first year UG level to Postgraduate level.
- During the latter half of 2020 I was a visiting lecturer at Code University in Berlin.
- I taught Philosophy at the University of Liverpool from September 2015 until May 2020.
| Areas of Specialisation | Areas of Competence |
|---|---|
| Metaethics Moral Philosophy Philosophy of Disability Science Fiction and Philosophy Creative Writing (Short Story, Poetry) Iris Murdoch | Political Philosophy Early Modern Philosophy Philosophy of Gender |
- I am an associate fellow of the Higher Education academy.
- In 2023 I was nominated for a Teaching Excellence Award by Trinity College Dublin.
Teaching Experience
Trinity College Dublin
- I’ve taught, created, and run modules on metaethics and normative ethics at all undergraduate levels from 2020.
- I taught an advanced MPhil course on Metaethics.
Code University, Berlin
- I taught a general philosophy course to students who had not previously engaged with philosophy. I taught on a wide range of topics including but not limited to, metaethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of mind.
University of Liverpool
- At Liverpool I primarily taught and led modules on ethics (including practical ethics, business ethics), and political philosophy.
Freelance
- I’ve led creative writing workshops on a freelance basis since 2022. I am currently open for bookings in 2025.
- In 2020 I was a freelance private tutor in philosophy. I taught on a range of subjects, from metaphysics, political philosophy, and feminism, to ancient philosophy.
