I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. My research is in metaethics and moral psychology. You can find more details on my research page.
I spent the 2025–2026 academic year as a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.
Before coming to WashU, I was an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. Before that, I was a graduate student at Princeton University, where I worked primarily with Gideon Rosen (my primary advisor), Johann Frick, and Michael Smith. I received my PhD in 2021.
You can email me at ayars@wustl.edu.
