I count it a joy and a privilege to 
invite students into, equip students for, and join students in
the intentional, rigorous pursuit of the good, the true, and the beautiful.

Teaching Experience

“Christianity and Civilization"
Fall 2017 (x2)

“Medieval Philosophy"
Fall 2017

“Symbolic Logic"
Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 (x2)

“Ancient Philosophy"
Spring 2017

“Introduction to Ethics"
Spring 2017 (x2), Fall 2016

“Contemporary Problems: Attention to Virtues"
Fall 2016

“Introduction to Ethics: Living the Good Life"
Fall 2014, Spring 2015

“Introduction to Philosophy” 
Fall 2009–Spring 2010

“Introduction to C. S. Lewis"
Spring 2007

“Baylor Honors College Colloquium: 
C. S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce”
Spring 2015, Spring 2014

“Baylor Honors College Colloquium: 
C. S. Lewis’s The Four Loves”
Fall 2013

“Baylor Honors College Colloquium: 
C. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man”
Spring 2013

Teaching Assistant, “Medical Ethics”
Spring 2014

Teaching Assistant, “Classical Philosophy”
Spring 2012

Teaching Assistant, “Introduction to Ethics: 
Community, Friendship, and the Virtues”
Fall 2011

Quotes from Teaching Evaluations

"Professor West has been by far the best professor I've ever had. He cares so much about his students and makes every discussion interesting. ... I am so thankful that I took this class because it has literally changed my life." 

"He loves what he is teaching, picked great materials to draw from, and is always available to help and walk students through the material."

"I don't know how, but every day we went in there he was excited to teach."

"He was genuinely concerned that students understood the material and wanted us to grasp an understanding of concepts discussed in the class so we could be academically successful as well as get something more personal out of it."