I’m Dr. August Gorman, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Oakland University. I was previously a postdoc at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values and Georgetown University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics. I received my PhD in philosophy in 2018 from USC, with a dissertation on moral responsibility advised by Jon Quong, Gary Watson, Steve Finlay, and Dave Shoemaker.

My research focuses on agency and moral responsibility, disability, and philosophy of death. I am currently writing a book advocating for the adoption of a neurodiversity paradigm in theorizing about moral responsibility and the ethics of blame.

I love to teach and maintain a serious interest in philosophy pedagogy, especially in regards to teaching philosophy’s transferable skills. I have piloted several programs aimed at innovation in this area, including a grant-funded program embedding philosophical ethics in the computer science major at Georgetown.