What are the odds that your death will be captured on camera?
My research explores the human condition in the technological age.
War, Ethics, and Emerging Technologies
My recent work focuses on what it means to die in an age when death is increasingly predicted, surveilled, and, in some cases, automated.
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Technology
Drawing especially on East Asian philosophy, I explore how comparative approaches open new ethical and political perspectives on technology, law, and international politics.
Environmental Philosophy
My previous work has focused on the ways that technologies—especially social media— shape how we understand, interact with, and construct natural spaces.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Photography no longer merely records nature; it co-creates it, binding us ethically to a porous frontier where representations and landscapes continuously shape one another.
Phil Papers Environmental Philosophy
“The Photographed Earth: Ethics in a World Made of Images” Environmental Philosophy 22 (2):241-258. (Fall 2025).
"A World Loved by Moonlight: Tragedy, Psychosis, and the Humanization of Art Literacy." Existential Analysis 35, no. 2 (July 2024).
This paper delves into often-unspoken realms of human suffering — tragedy and psychosis — to uncover the role that art can play in understanding and overcoming experiences that defy conventional language.
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Research Experience
Co-facilitator | Cloud Lab Studio | UH Mānoa
Interdisciplinary research group exploring innovative pedagogical design practices.
Founded by Dr. Brendan McCarthy
Research Group Member | Phil Mod, philmod.org
Interdisciplinary research group studying online content moderation and ethical policy practices.
Research Assistant | San José State University (Summer 2023 – Fall 2024)
Developing restorative justice practices to address scientific misconduct. Advisor: Dr. Janet Stemwedel
Research Internship | WhiteFox Defense (Summer 2018)
Researching internet privacy law’s effects on developing drone technologies. Supervisor: Dr. Ryan Jenkins
Conference Presentations
“Toward an Ontology of Death in the 21st Century,” SJSU Alumni Conference, 2025
What are the odds your death will be captured on camera?
“Madness and Conspiracy: Silence’s Unintended Harms,” SJSU Alumni Conference, 2023.
Overcoming semantic difficulties in our moderation of speech online.
“Seeing the World Through Instagram,” SJSU Alumni Conference, 2022
Instagram shapes our experience, and therefore our lived environments.
(Invited Talk) "Heidegger, Art, and Humanity,” Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 2022.
Heidegger’s views on art, culture, and inter-subjectivity.
Scholarly Awards
GSO Merit-based Award for Research — $5,000
Arthur Ordaz Award for Promising Research — $250
Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching — 2026
(Nominated by former students, results pending)