PUBLICATIONS
Collectivist capabilitarianism
2020. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, vol. 21 no. 2
A non-liberal account of development
2016. SPECTRA: The Social, Political, Ethical, Ethical, and Cultural Theory Archives, vol. 5 no. 2
Human capabilities and the racial contract
2015. SPECTRA: The Social, Political, Ethical, Ethical, and Cultural Theory Archives, vol. 3 no. 1
Sweatshop resistance and transnational activism: the success story of Villa Altagracia
2014. Reflections & Explorations: Graduate Commentary Blog. Virginia Tech
Performative slacktivism: ‘saving’ the world with Facebook likes
2014. Reflections & Explorations: Graduate Commentary Blog. Virginia Tech
RECENT TALKS
Fairness is not fair: why the advantages of transgender athletes are not unjust
International Association for the Philosophy of Sport Conference. Penn State. August 21, 2022.
Lessons from the internal colony model: a capability approach to Appalachian ‘development’
42nd Appalachian Studies Conference. Asheville, NC. March 15, 2019.
Children of the downturn: capability and new poverty in Central Appalachia (with Olivia Lowery, Hollins University)
41st Appalachian Studies Conference. Cincinnati, OH. April 7, 2018.
Should humanitarians tolerate local oppression to avoid global imperialism?
Justice Across Borders Conference. University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN. March 25, 2018.
Nationalism and imperialism (panel responder)
2018 ASPECT Graduate Conference: Doing Interdisciplinarity. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA. March 23, 2018.
Emerging theories of the human condition (roundtable panel, with Olivia Lowery, Hollins University)
Advancing the Human Condition Symposium. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA. November 28, 2017.