Prescott-Couch is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy. His research focuses on issues at the intersection of philosophy of social science, ethics, and political philosophy. He also has interests in nineteenth and twentieth century German thought. At Harvard, he has taught courses in ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of science. A graduate of Columbia University, he studied at the Humboldt Universit_t zu Berlin on a Graduate Fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service.