I teach basic English in college. I focus most my energy on learning and teaching argumentation. I look to help understand how scientific and academic fields generally make arguments to form knowledge and compare this to how arguments are had in public, personal, and/or political situations. I’ve done my best to understand philosophy—with and emphasis in epistemology and morality—and critical thinking. I believe these things aren’t taught well in schools and certainly aren’t presented in an interesting or engaging way. I did very poorly in K-12 and didn’t become interested in these things until college. I was for most of my life a fundamentalist Christian conservative heavy in to conspiratorial thought and I look to have conversations with those in my former group and teach young students who may believe some of the things I used to. I do this to expand my understanding of these groups and bridge the divide between the academic/scientific community and the American public. I am also interested in the role that rhetoric can play in making these ideas more appealing to people.














I spend a lot of time meditating and being mindful and am general interest in the internal search and struggle. I’m also personally interested in self-defense. This involves learning mixed martial arts, the proper and safest use of weapons, and situational awareness.














Through many conversations, I’ve built a list in order to find universal principles we can use to build knowledge and come to moral conclusions as much as possible. I’ve also created a game based on the Toulmin model that helps people form full arguments and then challenge arguments to build or reduce confidence in certain claims.














I guess overall all, I am looking to the live the most open, peaceful, and truthful life I possibly can. I’ve learned to control my emotions very well, am nice, and not very judgmental. I love talking to people and always up for a conversation, so always feel free to say hi and start a convo!














“Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?” - Sam Harris









“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence.”- Christopher Hitchens