My work is primarily in moral psychology and social and political philosophy. In 2021, I published my first monograph, Hope Under Oppression (in Oxford University Press). The book explores how hope operates at the individual and collective levels in conditions of oppression. It also illustrates the relationship between hope and other attitudes in complicated socio-political contexts including trust, anger, bitterness, and faith.

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I am in the early stages of writing a new book tentatively titled Freeing the Heart. The book is motivated by tensions between my previous work and children's moral development, something I've learned more and more about through becoming a mum. It will illustrate how cutting-edge empirical research on social and emotional development challenges dominant approaches to moral responsibility in philosophy and the social practices they support. I argue that retributive attitudes and practices are not up to the task of supporting moral development and moral growth, and I defend new ways of relating to other people (and ourselves) in an social world that is increasingly isolated and technologically dominated, full of mental distress.

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In 2022, I was recipient of the Faculty of Humanities Early Career Excellence in Research Award at the University of Victoria.