IN PROGRESS

This is a collaborative project I am taking with Kurt Stallman and Badie Khaleghian, funded by BRIDGE(Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity) at Rice University. This one-year project includes research on diversity and inclusion in the music field and a course offered to all students at Rice University. The aim is to emphasize the crucial importance of diversity and inclusion in the music field and to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to promote a more equitable and just musical ecosystem. I'm deeply honored to be part of this team.


PAST PROJECTS

In addition to my primary research area, I have a strong interest in feminist philosophy. One that has captivated my attention is the portrayal of female figures in Plato's Symposium. I find it intriguing how women are seemingly both omnipresent and absent within the symposium. By talking about women in Socratic Love, I aim to shed light on women's role and significance within this philosophical context.

Rice University has an excellent philosophy program. I had and am having a great time here. One remarkable tradition is the Rice-UH Graduate Conference. This annual event serves as a catalyst for fostering meaningful interactions and connections among graduate philosophers in Houston and beyond. It offers a unique platform for graduate students from across the state to present their projects and engage in constructive dialogue. This year's conference theme is "Moral Psychology". You can find more information here.

This is an expanded version of my paper on Aristotle's cross-category notions, with a view on Aristotle's essentialism. The research was initially presented at the conference "Aristotelica" in June 2023, and I feel deeply honored that it has been accepted for this interdisciplinary workshop with scholars from ncluding linguistics, psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, and computer science. I'm looking forward to hearing about interdisciplinary projects and potential collaborations.

In my research on Aristotle's concept of energeia, I discovered that it is widely considered as one of the "cross-category" notions in Aristotle's philosophy (the others are: Good, Being, Matter and Form). This intriguing interpretation prompted me to delve deeper into Aristotle's categories and explore the "ti esti" (what is it) question discussed in his book, Category. Driven by this curiosity, I expanded my investigation to other notions also regarded as "cross-category." While this research did not directly contribute to my dissertation writing, its value is recognized. Therefore, I made it a conference paper and presented it at the Aristotelica 2023 Conference.

This is a collaborative project I undertook with Badie Khaleghian, a talented composer and multimedia artist. In 2022, Badie and I had a class together at Rice University, and we had a conversation about the lack of diversity in the Electronic Music field. So we did some research and wrote this paper together. The paper has been presented at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) conference and the Rice Art History graduate conference.

In the summer of 2022, I joined this project, with other three of my colleagues in my department, to develop teaching materials for undergraduate courses on Ethics. This project is under the supervision of one faculty member, Timothy Schroeder, and funded by the Humanities School of Rice University.