Since July 1, 2024, She is Professor and Chair of Metaphysics in the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Religious Studies at LMU Munich. She received her MA and PhD in Philosophy from Brown University, her MS in Physics from UC Davis, and her BS in Physics and Philosophy from Tulane University. Before coming to LMU, She was Professor of Philosophy at UC Davis and the University of Rochester.
Her research focuses primarily on fundamentality, the unity of science, and the interpretation of quantum theories. She is working on two large projects at the moment. First, She is writing a book on the fundamentality of physics. She aim is to develop and defend an interpretation of the claim that physics is metaphysically fundamental that can support the special social standing of physics. Second, She is editing a collection of papers on the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. The volume more specifically addresses the issue of how adopting the many worlds interpretation may allow one to avoid non-locality or "spooky action at a distance."
The second edition of my metaphysics textbook with Routledge is now available, and contains new chapters on fundamentality and grounding, natural and social kinds (including a section on social construction), and the metaphysics of race and gender. The new edition also includes new sections on metaphysical (ontic) vagueness and, in the free will chapter, on free will and neuroscience and manipulation arguments. Links to my most recent articles can be found below.
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