About

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC, Irvine. I study the philosophy of science with a focus on the philosophy of biology.

I’m interested in methodological and explanatory topics in human evolution and genetics. I’m also interested in the intersection of explanatory practices and sociocultural values in science.

Find more information about my dissertation and research projects on my Research page.

I am also the Managing Editor & Book Review Editor at Philosophy of Science.

My outdoor hobbies are hiking, camping, and running. My indoor hobbies are knitting, reading, dancing, and horror movies. You can check out what I’ve been reading lately on my Notion book log. I also have two thoroughly silly cats: Lupine, a tabby Maine Coon mix, and Sir John Frederick William Herschel, a tuxedo Maine Coon mix.

Two cats, Herschel and Lupine, sleep back-to-back on a round dog bed.
Margaret stands on a hiking path on a green mountainside with a waterfall in the background at Mount Rainier National Park.
A landscape photo of the view from a hike at Dante's View, Death Valley National Park.
A photo of glacial Snowmass Lake in the White River National Forest, with moutains in the background.
Margaret stands on the snowy summit of Mt. Baldy.
Margaret stands on a boulder at sunset in Joshua Tree National Park, with many more boulders in the background..

Top row, left to right: Herschel and Lupine share the dog’s bed, the view from a hike from Dante’s View in Death Valley National Park, Mt. Baldy summit in February in Angeles National Forest
Bottom row, left to right: Comet Falls in Mt. Rainier National Park, Snowmass Lake in White River National Forest, boulders in Joshua Tree National Park