My name is Katrina, but most people call me Katie. I am a philosopher by training, and most of my research applies insights from political economy to questions in social philosophy. My dissertation introduces a theory of misogyny, conceiving of it as an informal social process and modeling its enforcement mechanism game theoretically. More broadly, I am interested in how our social obligations to others come to be in a given situation, and why we might oblige them.
Much of my work is oriented toward the social sciences, which I see as complementary to philosophy. My theory of misogyny is operationalizable and meant to be tested empirically, generating hypotheses that build upon the growing body of theoretical and experimental literature on norms and social expectations. I explore themes of cooperation, coordination, and coercion throughout all of my work. When I am not thinking about norms, I am thinking about human nature and the open society.
My bachelor's degree is from SUNY Oswego in Business Administration. I am grateful to have received the remainder of my training in philosophy from the PPE program in the Philosophy Department at Buffalo, which I highly recommend. I am currently a postdoc at the Kendrick Center for an Ethical Economy at West Virginia University, with a focus on business ethics.