• Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University (2021-present)
  • Visiting Scholar, The Research Centre for Chinese Philosophy and Culture, Department of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 2026.
• Department of Religion & Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University (2018-2021)
  • Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Ethics
• Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong (2012-2018)
  • Core Member, Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy
• Visiting Fellow, Philosophy Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (8/2016-1/2017)
• Underwood International College, Yonsei University (2010-2012)
• Department of Philosophy, Santa Clara University (2009-2010)

• 2009 PhD in Philosophy, University of Utah
• 2004-2005 International Chinese Language Program, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2003-2004 Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Study, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
• 2003 MA in Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Michigan
• 2001 MA in Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
• 1999 BA in PPE (Philosophy, Politics, & Economics), Pomona College
• 1995 International Baccalaureate, Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong

• Explaining and Illustrating the Laozi: The Earliest Commentaries on the Daodejing. Edited with Eric L. Hutton. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
• Meritocracy in Early Chinese Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
• Adventures in Chinese Realism: Classic Philosophy Applied to Contemporary Issues. Edited with Henrique Schneider. SUNY Press, 2022.
• The Shenzi Fragments: A Philosophical Analysis and Translation. Columbia University Press, 2016. (Abridged translation reprinted in Philip J. Ivanhoe and Bryan W. Van Norden, eds. Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy. 3^rd ed. Hackett, 2023, 213-220.)

• “Unraveling and Explicating the Han Feizi’s Dissection of the Laozi.” In Eirik Lang Harris and Eric L. Hutton, eds., Explaining and Illustrating the Laozi: The Earliest Commentaries on the Daodejing. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
• “The Laozi and Han Feizi through the Lens of the ‘Jie Lao’.” In Liu Xiaogan and Yuan Ai, eds., Dao Companion to the Philosophy of the Daodejing. Springer, forthcoming 2026.
• “Xunzi’s Hegemon & Han Feizi’s Ideal Ruler.” In Winnie Sung, ed. Xunzi (Works of Philosophy & Their Reception), De Gruyter, 2025.
• “The Development of Law in Early Chinese Political Philosophy.” In Brook Ziporyn and Stephen C. Walker, eds. Routledge Companion to Chinese Philosophy. Routledge, forthcoming 2025, 63-73.
• “The Dao of Han Fei.” In Justin Tiwald, ed., Oxford Handbook of Chinese Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2025, 299-314.
• “Mozi and Han Feizi.” In Victor Mair and Zhenjun Zhang, eds., Routledge Handbook of Traditional Chinese Literature. Routledge, 2025, 356-365.
• “Early Chinese Political Realists: From Shen Buhai to Han Fei.” In Selusi Ambrogio and David Rogacz, eds. Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers, Volume I: Chinese Ancient and Imperial Philosophy. Bloomsbury, 2024, 133-148.
• “Morality vs. Impartial Standards in the Shenzi Fragments” In Yuri Pines, ed. Dao Companion to China’s fa traditions: The Philosophy of Governance by Impartial Standards. Springer, 2024, 83-97.
• “Human Motivations in the fa Traditions: Visions From the Shenzi Fragments, Shangjunshu, and Han Feizi.” In Yuri Pines, ed. Dao Companion to China’s fa traditions: The Philosophy of Governance by Impartial Standards. Springer, 2024, 295-313.
• “Normativity of War and Peace: Thoughts from the Han Feizi.” In Sumner B. Twiss, Ping-cheung Lo, and Benedict Chan, eds. Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective: China and the West. Routledge, 2024, 113-125.
• “Fanaticism in Classical Chinese Philosophy.” In Paul Katsafanas, ed. Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy. Routledge, 2023, 51-64.
• “Developing Political Realism: Some Thoughts from Classical China.” In Amber L. Griffioen and Marius Backmann, eds., Pluralizing Philosophy’s Past: New Reflections in the History of Philosophy. Palgrave, 2023, 63-76.
• “Han Fei and Ethics in the Corporate Realm.” In Eirik Lang Harris and Henrique Schneider, eds., Adventures in Chinese Realism: Classic Philosophy Applied to Contemporary Issues. SUNY Press, 2022, 45-59.
• “Amoral Desert? Han Fei’s Theory of Punishment.” In Eirik Lang Harris and Henrique Schneider, eds., Adventures in Chinese Realism: Classic Philosophy Applied to Contemporary Issues. SUNY Press, 2022, 195-210.
• “Harmony and Nature–Thoughts from Laozi and Shen Dao.” In Sai Hang Kwok, Dascha Düring, and Chenyang Li, eds., Harmony in Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Introduction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021, 193-209.
• “A Han Feizian Worry with Confucian Meritocracy – and a Non-Moral Alternative.” Culture and Dialogue, 8.2, November 2020, 342-362.
• “Mohist Naturalism.” The Philosophical Forum, 51.1, Spring 2020, 17-31.
• “Critiquing Heavily Normative Conceptions of Harmony – Thoughts from the Han Feizi.” Journal of Confucian Culture and Philosophy,  33, February 2020, 155-179.
• “Xunzi on the Role of the Military in a Well-Ordered State.” Journal of Military Ethics, 18.1, June 2019, 48-64.
• “Relating the Political to the Ethical – Thoughts on Early Confucian Political Theory.” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 18.2, June 2019, 277-283.
• “Which Teacher Should I Choose? A Xunzian Approach to Distinguishing Moral Experts from Fanatics.” Journal of Religious Ethics, 45.3, September 2017, 463-480.
• “Xunzi’s Political Philosophy.” In Eric L. Hutton, ed., Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Xunzi. Springer, 2016, 95-138. (Translated into Chinese by Liu Minjiao 刘旻娇 and included in 荀子哲学导论 (An Introduction to Xunzi’s Philosophy), Xi’an: Northwest University Press, 2023.)
• “Aspects of Shen Dao’s Political Philosophy.” History of Philosophy Quarterly, 32.3, July 2015, 217-234.
• “Legalism: Introducing a Concept and Analyzing Aspects of Han Fei’s Political Philosophy.” Philosophy Compass, 9.3, March 2014, 155-164.
• “The Role of Virtue in Xunzi’s Political Philosophy,” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 12.1, March 2013, 93-110.
• “Constraining the Ruler: On Escaping Han Fei’s Criticism of Confucian Virtue Politics,” Asian Philosophy, 23.1, February 2013, 43-61.
• “Han Fei on the Problem of Morality.” In Paul R. Goldin, ed., Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei. Springer, 2012, 107-131. (Translated into Chinese by Feng Yanyan 冯艳艳 and included in 韩非哲学 (Han Fei’s Philosophy), Shanghai: Law Press, 2020.)
• “Is the Law in the Way? On The Source of Han Fei’s Laws.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy, March 2011, 38.1, 73-87.
• “The Nature of the Virtues in Light of the Early Confucian Tradition.” In Julia Tao, Philip J. Ivanhoe, and Kam-por Yu eds., Taking Confucian Ethics Seriously: Contemporary Theories and Applications, SUNY Press, 2010, 163-182.

• “Han Feizi” (selected translation). In Philip J. Ivanhoe and Bryan W. Van Norden, eds. Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy. 3rd ed. Hackett, 2023, 323-381.
• Mou Zongsan, Xu Fuguan, Zhang Junmai, & Tang Junyi’s “Manifesto on Behalf of Chinese Culture Respectfully Announced to the People of the World” (selections). In Justin Tiwald and Bryan Van Norden, eds. Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy. Hackett. (Due to inability to locate copyright holder, currently available only on Hackett website here. Planned for inclusion in print version of 2nd edition).
• “Analects,” “Mencius,” and “Book of Filial Piety” (selections), in Margaret Pabst Battin, ed. The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources. Oxford University Press, 2015. 55-57, 86.
• “Mozi” and “Zhuangzi” (selections). In Robin Wang, ed. Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period through the Song Dynasty, Hackett, 2003, 100-101, 109-112.

• “Confucianism: Comparisons and Controversies,” co-edited with Henrique Schneider, special issue of Culture and Dialogue, 8.2, November 2020.
• “The Philosophy of Mozi: Impartial Caring in the Warring States Era,” co-edited with Henrique Schneider, special issue for The Philosophical Forum, 51.1, Spring 2020.

• Moral and Public Agency in Early Chinese Philosophy, co-edited with Henrique Schneider. Brill, under contract.

• “Han Feizi.” In Richard Bellamy, Carol Atack, Terry Ball, Chris Brooke and Leigh Jenco, eds. Cambridge Dictionary of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
• “Episode 29: Shen Dao.” This is the Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast with Justin Tiwald and Richard Kim. Release date 12/2025.
• “Editorial & Introduction to “Confucianism: Comparisons and Controversies.” Culture and Dialogue, 8.2, November 2020, 183-195. With Henrique Schneider.
• * “中国哲学典籍英译及传播的挑战与应对–《慎子》首版英译者郝令喆访谈录 Challenges and Strategies in Translating and Disseminating Classical Chinese Philosophy: An Interview with Eirik Lang Harris.” 翻譯界 Translation Horizons, Issue 1, 2020, 111-121. With 鄧志輝 Deng Zhihui.
• *Afterthought – Contextualizing and Moving Forward.” The Philosophical Forum. 51.1, Spring 2020, 81-87.
• *”Han Feizi.” In Hugh LaFollette, ed., International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Wiley Blackwell, 2019.
• Review of Owen Flanagan, The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility. Utilitas, 30.3, September 2018, pp. 379-382.
• *“Legalism.” In Tim Wright, ed., Oxford Bibliographies in Chinese Studies. Oxford University Press, Spring 2014, revised Spring 2018.
• Review of Fraser, Chris, The Philosophy of the Mozi: The First Consequentialists. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, May 2017.
• Review of Cline, Erin M, Confucius, Rawls, and the Sense of Justice. Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 14.3, September 2015, pp. 455-458.
• *“Hán Fēi,” in Kerry Brown, ed., Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography, Berkshire Publishing Group, 2014, pp. 80-92. (5,000 word essay).
• Early Chinese Political Thought as Conversation: A Review of Bai, Tongdong, China: The Political Philosophy of the Middle Kingdom. China Review International, 20.1-2, 2013, pp. 1-7.

• *“Political Order in the Han Feizi,” Philosophy Programme, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (3 November 2025)
• “Virtue in the Law: Xunzian Implications for Contemporary Theorizing,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting (17 April 2025)
• *“Upright Gong and the Inescapability(?) of Moral Conflict in Classical Confucianism – A View from the Xunzi,” 7^th Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy (10-11 April 2025)
• * “Political Meritocracy –Alternatives to Confucian Visions,” Department of Philosophy, Hong Kong University. (21 March 2025)
• * “Should We Hold Citizens Liable for the Wrongs of Their Authoritarian States?: A Dialogue,” Hong Kong Ethics Lab, Hong Kong University (18 March 2025)
• * “Virtue and Law: A Xunzian Approach,” Philosophy Department, Colorado College (11 April 2024)
• *”Confucian Vice,” Invited Symposium: Theorizing Vice: Global Perspectives, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting (21 March 2024)
• “Human Motivations in the Wei Liaozi,” Department of Religious Studies, University of Richmond (9 November 2023)
• * “The Development of Law in Early Chinese Political Philosophy,” University of Richmond (8 November 2023)
• “Public Agency in Mozi and Han Fei,” Manchester Center for Political Theory Workshop. (13 September 2023)
• “A Realist Critique of Confucian Meritocracy: Wherein Lies the Merit?” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting (6 April 2023)
• * “The Han Feizi on Politically Relevant Merit,” Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder. (4 November 2022)
• “The Huainanzi and its ‘Ruler’s Techniques’,”  Pacific APA. (14 April 2022)
• * “A Discussion of Fa (法) in the Shenzi,” Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy. (22 October 2021)
• * “Talking from Traditions: Problems and Prospects,” Invited Symposium, Pacific APA (10 April 2021)
• * “Han Fei on Ethics in the Corporate Realm,” Ethics, Law, & Society Annual Lecture, Philosophy Program, University of South Dakota. (18 March 2021)
• * “Developing Political Realism – Some Ideas from Early China,” Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University. (14 February 2020)

Colorado State University

• World Philosophies
• Philosophies of East Asia
• Human Nature & Political Community (Capstone Seminar)
• What’s Wrong with Utopianism? Realist Political Philosophy (Capstone Seminar)
• Early Chinese Political Philosophy (Graduate Seminar)
• Political Realisms: China, India, & Europe (Graduate Seminar)
• Virtue & Law (Graduate Seminar)
• Conceptions of Virtue (Graduate Seminar)

Hong Kong Baptist University

• Freedom in Modern Society
• From Responsible Citizenship to Service Leadership
• Chinese Moral & Political Philosophy
• Introduction to Ethics

Victoria University of Wellington

• Political Philosophy East and West

City University of Hong Kong

• Ethics and Political Philosophy of China (MA course)
• Philosophy & Life: A Dialogue
• Thinking Philosophically: Bridging the Gap between Arts and Sciences
• Values and Choice in Public and Social Policy
• Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
• Health Care Policy and Ethics
• Environmental Issues, Policy, and Ethics
• Ethics and Practice
• Philosophy Goes to the Movies

Underwood International College, Yonsei University

• Eastern Civilizations
• Law and Philosophy (seminar)
• Comparative Political Philosophy (seminar)
• Critical Reasoning

Santa Clara University

• Chinese Philosophy
• Ethical Issues in Business
• Ethical Issues in Society

University of Utah

• Intro: Survey of Philosophy, Primary Instructor
• Intro to Philosophy: God, Faith & Reason, Primary Instructor
• Philosophy of Law, Primary Instructor

• Colorado State University College of Liberal Arts Small Grant for Research, Scholarship, & Creative Artistry (2026)
• Colorado State University Department of Philosophy Endowment Fund (2023, 2025)
• City University of Hong Kong College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Research Grant Writing Fund, “Oneness in Environmental Ethics and Political Theory” (2014-2016) (HK$400,000, US$51,600), Co-Principal Investigator with Philip J. Ivanhoe
• City University of Hong Kong Start-up Grant “Early Chinese Political Philosophy” (2015-2017) (HK$200,000/US$25,800)
• Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund Grant, “Han Fei’s Political Philosophy” (2014-2017) (HK$130,000/US$16,800)
• City University of Hong Kong 30th Anniversary Celebration Conference Grant (2014) (HK$50,000/US$6,500)
• City University of Hong Kong Teaching Start Up Grant (2012-2013) (HK$80,000/US$10,300)
• Yonsei University Start Up Grant (2010-2011) (10 million KRW/US$8,600)

• Asiatische Studien
• American Journal of Chinese Studies
• American Political Science Review
• Asian Journal of Philosophy
• British Journal for the History of Philosophy
• China-EU Law Journal
• Comparative Political Theory
• Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy
• Early China
• Environmental Philosophy
• Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
• European Journal of Philosophy
• Frontiers of Daoist Studies
• History of Philosophy Quarterly
• Journal of Asian and African Studies
• Journal of Chinese Political Science
• Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture
• Journal of East Asian Philosophy
• Journal of Global Ethics
• Journal of Human Values
• Journal of Religious Ethics
• Journal of the American Philosophical Association
• Journal of the History of Ideas
• Journal of Value Inquiry
• Law and Philosophy
• The Monist
• The Philosophical Forum
• Philosophy Compass
• Philosophy & Social Criticism
• Philosophy East and West
• Polity
• Review of Politics
• Utilitas
• Acumen Publishing
• Bloomsbury Publishing
• Columbia University Press
• Fordham University Press
• Gale Cengage Learning
• Lexington Books
• Oxford University Press
• Polity Press
• Routledge
• Springer
• State University of New York Press
• University of California Press

Category Editor – PhilPapers – “Chinese Philosophy”, “Classical Chinese Philosophy” (2023-present)

Editorial Board, Book Series: Reading Primary Sources in Asian Philosophy, published by Bloomsbury. (2024-present)

Program Committee Member – American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting (2022-2023)

Editor (along with Sungmoon Kim) for CEACOP Series in East Asian Comparative Ethics, Politics, & Philosophy of Law, published by Rowman & Littlefield International. (2013-2020)

Service for Colorado State University

• University Standing Committee on Scholastic Standards, 2023-present.
• University Faculty Council, 2023-present.
• College of Liberal Arts Graduate Council, 2022-present.
• College of Liberal Arts Democracy Initiative Coordination Committee, 2022-2024.
• College of Liberal Arts Committee on the Liberal Arts, 2024-2025.
• Department of Philosophy Tenure & Promotion Committee, 2023-present
• Department of Philosophy Events Committee, 2023-present, chair 2024-present.
• Department of Philosophy Director of Graduate Studies, 2022-present.
• Department of Philosophy Executive Committee, 2021-present.
• Department of Philosophy Graduate Committee, 2021-present.