Education
Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science
Dissertation: “A Prescriptivist Account of Physical Theories”
Committee: John Norton (chair), John Earman, James Woodward, Richard Healy (University of Arizona)
Visiting Scholar
Faculty sponsor: Richard Healey
M.A., Philosophy
Ethics Certificate
M.A., Philosophy
Thesis: “A Case Study on Theoretical Strength”
B.S., Physics
Work Experience
Philosophical Counselor
Digital Marketing Manager & Data Analyst
(List provided upon request)
Program Assistant
Teaching Fellow
Courses: Principles of Scientific Reasoning, Mind and Medicine
Teaching Fellow
Courses: Problem Solving: How Science Works, Principles of Scientific Reasoning
Publications
Academic Publications in English
“A Reinterpretation of Heisenberg’s Umdeutung in Prescriptive-Dynamical Terms”
“Escaping the Fundamental Dichotomy of Scientific Realism”
“What Helium Teaches Us about the Success and Failure of Dynamical Theories”
“Physical Theories Are Prescriptions, Not Descriptions”
“Incongruent Correspondence: Seven Non-Classical Years of Old Quantum Theory”
Honors and Awards
Sanders Media Fellowship for philosophical podcasting
American Philosophical Association Graduate Student Award / Stipend
Annual Wesley Salmon Research Fund Award
Languages
Persian/Farsi (native), English (fully fluent), German (fluent), Arabic (reading)