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Overview

Biography

I'm a PhD student in the philosophy department, and my research is supported by a Durham Doctoral Studentship. My thesis analyses a series of underexplored examples of sexual objectification, including masculine sex objects, objectification within healthcare, and contemporary forms of pornography. I use these examples to critique and enrich our understandings of sexual objectification, its ethics, and its politics. I adopt a broadly pluralistic approach to my research, drawing from a range of traditions including contemporary analytic philosophy, feminist philosophy, and some continental philosophy.

Beyond the philosophy of love and sex, I also have research interests in ethics more broadly, feminism, post-Kantian philosophy, and political and social philosophy.

Research Interests
  • Ethics
  • Feminism and gender studies
  • Love, sex, relationships
  • Political and social philosophy
  • Post-Kantian philosophy
Teaching

I have taught on a range of modules at Durham, including:

Guest lecturer

Current Issues in Ethics (PGT); Issues in Contemporary Ethics (3rd year)

Discussion group/tutorial leader

Moral Theory (2nd year); Political Philosophy (2nd year); Being Human (1st year); Ethics and Values (1st year); Knoweldge and Reality (1st year)

Other Roles
  • Eidos President - The departmental PGR society; organising the weekly PhD work-in-progress seminar and social events.
  • Departmental Staff Student Consultative Committee PGR Representative.
  • Love Reading Group (University of Leeds) (Participant)
  • Continental Research Group (Participant)