An actual body of work.
Papers, frameworks, programs, policy proposals, and essays are organized by the questions they share.
Relational ethics
How perception, power, proximity, and mutual exposure generate obligations of care.
7 works in this constellationContinuity of the Subjective Experience
An empirical argument for care ethics
Continuity Ethics
A subject–subject framework for moral obligation
Love as Service
A working definition of public service
Relational Ontometry
A structural model of subjectivity, power, and ethical obligation
The Reciprocal Perception and Care Model
An applied model of relational asymmetry
Promirational Ethics
Preserving subjectivity across time and relation
Ethics of the Damned
The radical application of care ethics in BDSM
Caregiver trauma & family systems
Naming the burdens carried by caregivers and redesigning the systems around them.
2 works in this constellationCivic infrastructure
Structures that help people participate, deliberate, organize, and exercise public power.
7 works in this constellationEPIC
Engage · Partner · Integrate · Co-Create
Statewide Needs Assessment
Domestic violence and substance-use service intersections
Sequential Intercept Model for Survivor Systems
Adapting SIM for domestic violence and human trafficking
Survivor Voices Council
Statewide survivor-led advisory infrastructure
Nightlife Venues as Partners
A citizen-engagement plan for difficult institutional deliberation
Raise the Bar
A statewide nightlife-partner campaign for domestic-violence prevention and survivor support
IncuBrighter
Civic research and development for grassroots solutions
Policy & program design
Mechanisms that turn public values into incentives, safeguards, services, and accountable systems.
5 works in this constellationOhio Skilled Workforce Advancement Program
OSWAP
Ohio Housing Accountability and Revitalization Program
OHARP
Public Funds, Public Trust
A data-protection standard for publicly funded organizations
CASSI Loan Forgiveness Program
Community Assistance and Social Services Impact
CarbonSmart
Financing an Ohio renewable-energy transition
Essays & public writing
Accessible arguments, cultural analysis, field notes, and ideas still becoming frameworks.
3 works in this constellationWhat If I Don’t Like Beans?
Bean Soup Theory, whataboutism, and anti-intellectualism on TikTok
The Trouble with ‘New’
What philanthropic funders miss in funding community programming
Compression Before Enlightenment
What pressure reveals before systems change