PhD, Philosophy · University of Illinois Chicago
expected 2030rcait@uic.edu · Chicago, Illinois
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Education
MA, Philosophy · Loyola University Chicago
2022BA, summa cum laude · Loyola University Chicago
2020Areas
- Specialization
- Ancient Philosophy
- Competence
- Ethics, Epistemology, Logic
- Languages
- Ancient Greek (advanced), Latin (advanced)
Presentations
Aristotle’s Non-Aristotelian Account of Gender
2026Young Geniuses and Intellectual Virtue: Aristotle’s Exception in EN VI.8
2025Experiential Learning: The Role of Experience in Acquiring Aristotle’s ἐπιστήμη of Natural Science
2024Teaching
Primary Instructor, University of Illinois Chicago
2024–presentPHIL 101 · PHIL 102 · PHIL 115 · PHIL 202
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois Chicago
2024PHIL 102
Instructor, Center for Talent Development, Northwestern University
2025–presentClassical Languages Department Head, Naperville Christian Academy
2021–2024Latin I–III · Honors Latin Poetry · Honors Medieval Latin · Honors Greek
Senior Thesis Advisor, Naperville Christian Academy
2022–2024Private Tutor
2021–presentResearch positions
Research Assistant to Ralph Keen
2026–presentSupporting work on Philipp Melanchthon.
Index Research Assistant
2026Built the index for Samuel Fleischacker’s From Idolatry to Holiness (Cambridge University Press), identifying and cross-referencing concepts, names, and themes to publisher specification.
Graduate Assistant, Midwest Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy
2026Coordinated conference logistics and on-site operations.
Researcher, United Nations Special Rapporteur mandate
2022Compiled a source database supporting the mandate on unilateral coercive measures (A/HRC/RES/27/21), and wrote an assessment of the effect of US sanctions on the full enjoyment of human rights.
Graduate Research Assistant
2021Catalogued and translated Aristotle’s uses of ἐπιστήμη and related vocabulary across the corpus.
Service
Colloquium Committee, University of Illinois Chicago
2024–2026Conference Moderator and Mentor, Loyola University Chicago
2021Volunteer Captain, Education Department, The Field Museum
2017–2020Awards
- Classics Degree Distinction, Loyola University Chicago (2020)
- Abel Key in Ancient Greek (2020)
- Summa cum laude, National Latin Exam (2020)
- Provost Fellowship, Loyola University Chicago (2019–2020)
- CAMWS Certificate (2019)
- Dean’s List, Loyola University Chicago (2017–2020)