Associate Professor of Philosophy • Director of Religious Studies • Founding Director of the Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry

Institutional Affiliation

Metropolitan State University of Denver
Department of Philosophy
Department of Religious Studies
Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
B.A., South Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Regional and Thematic Interests

South Asia
Hermeneutics
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Ethics
Philosophy of Religion

Profile

IĀ received my BA in South Asian Studies fromĀ UPenn in 2001. Ā During that time,Ā I studied Sanskrit with Ludo and Rosane Rocher, South Asian philosophy with Wilhelm Halbfass and Indian temple architecture with Michael Meister. In 2000, under Dr. Meisterā€™s direction, I conducted grant supported research on a complex of Jain temples inĀ Rajasthan, India.Ā I wrote an unpublished sub-matriculation Masterā€™s Thesis on ā€œUtpaladevaā€™s Theory of ā€˜abasaā€™ as Presented in the Isvarapratyabhijnakarika,ā€ under the supervision of Wilhelm Halbfass and Dr. Ludo Rocher in 2001. Ā I was (perhaps still am) an elected member of the Philadelphia Oriental Society (the oldest such society in the US,Ā IĀ believe), and was awardedĀ ā€œBest Graduate Paper on a South Asia-Related Topic" from the department ofĀ South Asian Studies atĀ UPenn. During those years,Ā I spent long periods of time living in India, particularly Varanasi, but also Patna, Jaipur and various smaller villages in Sikkim. Ā Despite my life-long love and continued interest in the intellectual history of India, my current scholarly interests have taken me away of the field. I now work on twentieth-century continental philosophy, but continue to teach occasionally on topics related to South Asia, especially in my capacity as directorĀ of a religious studies program at MSU Denver. Iā€™m delighted by the opportunity this list provides to stay connected to front range Asian studies scholars. Ā Ā