Teachings and Presentations

Instructor of Record

Moral Issues in Computing Technology (Phil 375). University of Kansas, Spring 2026.

Introduction to Ethics (Phil 160). University of Kansas, Summer 2026.

Teaching Assistantship

Introduction to Ethics (Phil 160). University of Kansas, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023. 

Guest Lectures 

1. Moral Issues in Computing Technology (Phil 375). “Loneliness, Agent-Relevant Obligations, and Artificially Intelligent Companions. University of Kansas, Spring 2024. 

2. Philosophy of Love and Sex (Phil 504). “AI & Love.” University of Kansas, Fall 2024.

3. Philosophy of Love and Sex (Phil 504). “Artificial Companions.” University of Kansas, Fall 2025.

 Conferences and Presentations. 

Invited Presentations and Talks    

1.  2024) “Close Personal Relationships with AI,” African Digital Humanities Symposium, University of Ghana, Feb 15-16.

2.  (2024) “Close Personal Relationships with AI,” North Carolina State University (NCSU) AI in Society YouTube series, March 18. With John Symons. *  https://youtu.be/Syxnha5iusc?si=PZTxPqsZmNxaHP9a *

3. (2025) “Philosophy as a Guide for Ethical AI Development in Africa,” University of Ibadan, May 28.

4. (2025) “Loneliness, Agent-Relative Obligations, and Artificially Intelligent Companions: Why does it matter that we have Close Personal Relationships with People rather than Artifacts?”, Keynote Talk, University of Oregon, May 8.

5. (2025) “The ethical Algorithms we need,” African Digital Humanities Symposium, University of Ghana, June 4-5.

6. (2025) “How Kant’s Ethics can shape AI Alignment,” CS Colloquium, Sonoma State University, October 27. 

7. (2026) Loneliness, Agent-Relative Obligations, and Artificially Intelligent Companions: Why does it matter that we have Close Personal Relationships with People rather than Artifacts?”, Iowa State University, March 13.

8. (2026)  “Loneliness and Artificial Companions,” IOTWOMAN 2026,  April 9. (Online)

9. (2026) “Ethics in the Digital Age: Justice, Dignity and Humanity,” Navigating our Worlds Series. I2S, University of Kansas. April 28.

10. (2026)  “The end of Loneliness? AI and the future of Connection.” Cambridge Forum. May 12. 

Peer Reviewed

1. (2021) “Humanizing the Environment: Humanities and Plastic Pollution,” International Graduate Conference, University of Ibadan, June.

2. (2021) “Yoruba Eco-philosophy and Climate Change,” Sixth J. A. Atanda Lectures and Conference, Babcock University, June.

3. (2024) “Meaningful Relationships with AI,” International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life, University of Liverpool, June 17-19.

4.  (2024) “Loneliness, Agent-Relative Obligations, and Artificially Intelligent Companions,” International Association of Computing and Philosophy (IACAP), University of Oregon, July 8-10.

5. (2024) “A Case of the Intersectional Whole as a Principle of Normative Unity,” International Social Ontology Conference, Duke University, July 22-25.

6. (2024) “Responsible AI: fact or myth?”, International Conference on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, University of Azores, Sept. 19.

7. (2024) “Kantian Deontology for AI: Alignment without Moral Agency,” Tennessee Philosophical Association, Vanderbilt University, Nov. 1-2.

8.  (2025) “Kantian Deontology for AI: Alignment without Moral Agency,” I2S Student Research Symposium, University of Kansas, Jan. 23-24.

9. (2025) “Self-care as Resistance: Challenging the Gender of Power in African Ethics,” League of African Women Philosophers, Jan. 24-25.

10. (2025) “Self-Care as Resistance: A Feminist Expansion of African Ethics Beyond the Gender of Power,” Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT), June 12-14.

11. (2025) “Kantian Deontology for AI: Alignment without Moral Agency,” IACAP, University of Twente, July 1-3.

12. (2025) “Ethical Trust and Decision Support in AI”, National Security Agency (NSA) C3E Workshop, October 16. (Online)

13. (2026) “Always Something to Say: Conversational AI, Silence, and the Limits of Artificial Companionship”, Close Personal Relationships and AI Microworkshops, University of Oregon,   Mar. 26-27.