University of Houston Professor of Philosophy
Rutgers University Ph.D. in Philosophy, 2007
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics
Books
2013. Art & Art-Attempts. Oxford University Press. **Winner: American Society for Aesthetics Outstanding Monograph Award**
2013. Art & Abstract Objects. Oxford University Press. [Edited Volume]
Publications
2025. Tell Me Why This Isn't a Cover. Taylor Swift and the Philosophy of Re-Recording. Bloomsbury. (w/ PD & Crystyn Magnus & Ron McClamrock)
2024. Does Art Pluralism Lead to Eliminativism? Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics 61(1): 73-80. (w/ PD Magnus)
2023. Higher-Order Evidence for Aesthetic Subjectivists. British Journal of Aesthetics. (w/ Luis Oliveira)
2022. Appreciating Covers. Nordic Journal of Aesthetics. (w/ PD & Cristyn Magnus)
2022. Art Concept Pluralism Undermines the Definitional Project. The British Journal of Aesthetics. (w/ PD Magnus). 61(1): 81-84.
2019. Cinematic Evil. Evil: The History of a Concept, ed. Andrew Chignell, Oxford University Press.
2018. Reply to My Critics. Symposium on Christy Mag Uidhir's Art & Art-Attempts. Journal of Aesthetic Education 52(2): 40-52.
2016. A Miscast of Character: Actors, Characters, & Character Actors. In Questions of Character, ed. Iskra Fileva, Oxford University Press.
2016. Comics & Seriality. In The Routledge Companion to Comics, eds. Frank Bramlett, Roy T. Cook, & Aaron Meskin, Routledge.
2015. Introduction to Special Issue on Printmaking. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 73(1): 1-8.
2014. Portrait of the Artist as an Aesthetic Expert. In Aesthetics & The Sciences of Mind, eds. Gregory Currie, Matthew Kieran, Aaron Meskin, & Jon Robson, Oxford University Press (with Cameron Buckner)
2013. What's So Bad About Blackface? In Race, Film, & Philosophy, eds. Dan Flory & Mary Bloodsworth-Lugo, Routledge.
2013. Art, Metaphysics, & the Paradox of Standards. In Art & Abstract Objects, ed. Christy Mag Uidhir, Oxford University Press.
2013. Pornography at the Edge: Depiction, Fiction, & Sexual Predilection. In Art & Pornography, ed. Jerrold Levinson & Hans Maes, Oxford University Press (with Henry Pratt)
2013. Judging Covers. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 71/4: 361-370 (w/ PD & Cristyn Magnus).
2013. How to Frame Serial Art. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 71/3: 261-265.
2013. Epistemic Abuse of Pictorial Caricature. American Philosophical Quarterly 50/2.
2012. Comics & Collective Authorship. In The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach, ed. Roy Cook & Aaron Meskin,Wiley-Blackwell.
2012. Getting Emotional Over Contours: Response to Seeley. Essays in Philosophy 13(2): 518-521.
2012. Aesthetics of Actor-Character Race Matching in Film Fictions. Philosophers' Imprint 12/3.
2012. Photographic Art: Ontology Fit to Print. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 70/1: 31-42.
2011. Minimal Authorship (of Sorts). Philosophical Studies 154/3: 373-387.
2011. The Paradox of Suspense Realism. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 69/2: 161-171.
2011. An Eliminativist Theory of Suspense. Philosophy and Literature 35/1: 121-133.
2011. Art Concept Pluralism. Metaphilosophy 42/1: 83-97 (with P.D. Magnus).
2011. Unrealistic Fictions. American Philosophical Quarterly 48/1: 33-46 (with Allan Hazlett).
2010. Failed-Art & Failed Art-Theory. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 88/3: 381-400.
2009. Why Pornography Can’t be Art. Philosophy and Literature 33/1: 193-203.
2009. Unlimited Additions to Limited Editions. Contemporary Aesthetics 7.
2007. Recordings as Performances. British Journal of Aesthetics 47/3: 298-314.