Research Interests

Monsters (aesthetic theory and dehumanization theory), horror and fear broadly, alternative understandings of "evil" and criticism of its use as a means of dehumanization, curanderismo, healing in Indigenous/Chicane communities, Indigenous and Chicane philosophy, decolonial theory, Daoism, Buddhism and Chinese philosophy as it intersects with Daoist influence, monistic and process metaphysics from Indigenous and Daoist traditions, spiritual (and moral/ethical) models from Indigenous and Daoist traditions (especially as an alternative to colonial capital models), sexuality and sexual diversity (queer studies.)

Education

PhD Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles

MA Literature, National Taiwan University

BA Sociology, University of Texas, Dallas

Courses

Monsters Made Real - Monsters, Monstrosity, and Dehumanization

Curanderismo - Indigenous Metaphysics and Healing Models

Daoism - Cosmologies and Ecologies

Mindless Consumption - Zombies and Capitalism

Despicable and Unforgiveable - A Survey of "Evil" and Coming to Terms with the Horrible

Developing the Martial Mind - The Perfecting of Self through the Philosophy of Martial Arts

Buddhist Philosophy - Practicing Compassion through Mind-Heart

Publications

"Susto: the Splitting of Self and Community", Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol. 29, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2023: 54-72
ISSN: 2153-3377

Monsters and Mestizos: Mestizaje as White Supremacy and the Monsterization of Indigeneity, University of California, Los Angeles, 2023
OCLC: 1382358121

"Mexica Monism and Daoist Ethics in the Philosophy of Gloria Anzaldúa", Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 2023: 1-12
ISSN: 2151-6014

"The Bogeyman and Bi-directional Narratives in Children’s Monster Stories", Language, Culture, Environment, Vol. 3, Fall (Oct.) 2022: 3-19
ISSN: 2709-5010

"Philosophy as Power", Ofrenda Magazine, Issue 4 2021: 83-87

There is No Monster: Monstrosity and the Monstrous in “Frankenstein”
National Taiwan University, 2016
Serial Number: 991023501949704786