- B.A. in philosophy, Summa Cum Laude, Fordham University, 1992. Full Presidential Scholarship.- Dissertation "Harmonizing Hermeneutics: The Normative and Descriptive Approaches, Interpretation and Criticism," Buffalo, 1996, 226 pp. Awarded the Perry Prize for Outstanding Dissertations in Philosophy.- Ph.D. in philosophy, The State University of New York at Buffalo, June 1, 1996. Presidential Fellowship.
