About
I work primarily in philosophy of education, political philosophy, and history of Mexican philosophy.
How should we think of education and linguistic rights? By focusing on post-Revolutionary Mexican philosophy, and their attempts to think about how to develop systems of public education, my research challenges us to rethink prevailing liberal theories and approaches of minority and linguistic rights.
I argue that a close study of post-Revolutionary Mexican philosophy suggests an overriding concern with developing an education system that would assimilate indigenous people to create a homogeneous Mexico, focused on the mestizo (a person of mixed-race heritage) and thus eliminate indigenous peoples. I argue that this kind of historical baggage problematicizes contemporary liberal theorists' accounts of either liberal neutrality or assimilation in the name of nation-building. Instead, I aim to develop an account of the political ethics guiding indigenous language revitalization efforts in educational institutions in Mexico.
Before coming to Michigan, I received my BA from Princeton University, where I focused on early Carnapian thought.
