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Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Duke Kunshan University · 2024 - Present DKU Faculty
Visiting Assistant Professor of DKU Stufies at Duke University · 2025 - Present DKU Studies

Recent Publications


Mindfulness Meditation and the Meaning of Life

Journal Article Mindfulness · September 1, 2024 Throughout the history of philosophy, ethics has often been a source of guidance on how to live a meaningful life. Accordingly, when the ethical foundations of mindfulness are considered, an important question arises concerning the role of meditation in pr ... Full text Open Access Cite

How Not to Do Things with Others: A Buddhist Account of Shared Agency

Journal Article Philosophy East and West · August 2024 Unlike Western philosophers, classical Buddhist thinkers largely remained silent about socio-political issues and did not develop explicit frameworks for theorizing them. The present article reconstructs a Buddhist account of shared ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Hamburg (Germany) · 2016 Ph.D.