& welcome! My name is Denish and I’m a PhD candidate in philosophy at Harvard University. My research aims to understand how broader socio-political forces shape our emotional lives, and how we, as individuals, might intervene upon our emotions when such shaping proves unwelcome or otherwise harmful. I am centrally concerned with two main questions, which address themes of emotional formation and transformation: How do the socio-political environments we inhabit make a difference to our individual emotional lives? And, how might individuals transform their emotions to align with values of the broader world we wish to build?

More broadly, I’m interested in social & feminist epistemology, irrationality & arationality (what it is, what makes it happen & what functions it might serve), scattered topics in metaphysics/philosophy of mind (identity? mental states? idealism?), and when our minds and brains work abnormally. The world is a beautifully messy place and I find philosophy to be one of the best ways to engage with it in earnest.

Subsequent pages include further information about me/my CV and methods to contact me. I’ve long wanted to (re)start a blog, so maybe by the time you see this, there may even be some posts!