Hi, I’m Michael.

Starting this fall I will begin a position as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas El Paso.

My research areas lie in the fields of social and political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of migration, and economic justice. I specialize in issues related to global justice, the relationship between socioeconomic class and migration, and spatial justice, including questions of the brain drain, global equal opportunity, and gentrification. I also have research interests in a wide range of areas, including questions of ideal theory, philosophy of law, domination, self-respect and socioeconomic class, climate change, and internal migration.

In May 2022, I defended my dissertation entitled “Immigration in a Global Economy: Why the Left Should Embrace Open Borders” and was developed under the supervision of my committee: Michael Blake, Stephen Gardiner, Désirée Lim, José Jorge Mendoza, and Amelia Wirts. Material from the dissertation has been published in Essays in Philosophy, the Journal of Social Philosophy, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, and the APA Public Philosophy Blog.

I have taught a variety of courses, including Environmental Ethics at Stanford University, Ethical Theory at the University of Tennessee, and Contemporary Moral Problems at the University of Washington. In the fall I will be teaching a seminar at UTEP on Environmental Justice and Immigration.