I’m a doctoral student of political theory at Brown University, studying the history of political philosophy, especially ideas of common interests and human agency in the history of liberal thought. Please feel free to contact me.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Political Theory, Brown University, 2009-Present
Dissertation in progress: Common Interests: Personal Advantage and the Public Good

M.A. Political Theory, University of Chicago, 2008
Master’s Thesis: Immanuel Kant’s Project for Peace - Supervised by Jean Bethke Elshtain

B.A. American Politics & Rhetoric, Drury University, 2007
Summa cum laude with Honors
Ruth Bamberger Award in Political Science – 2007

APPOINTMENTS

Adjunct Professor, Drury University, 2008-Present
College of Graduate and Continuing Studies

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Institute for Humane Studies
Humane Studies Fellowship 2010-2011, 2011-2012

Drury University
Trustee Scholar (highest university funding award) – 2003-2007
Outstanding Research Paper in Political Science – 2007
Outstanding Freshman Political Science Student – 2004
Outstanding Senior Political Science Student – 2007

PRESENTATIONS

“Economic Liberties and the Liberal Tradition”
Conference presentation, New England Political Science Association (NEPSA), 2011

“The Crooked Timber in Society: Kant’s Unsocial Sociability”
Conference presentation, Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), 2010

“The Grundlegung as Turn”
Discussant, Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago, May 2008

Teaching Experience

Brown University – Full Experience (Course design, grading, and lecturing)
The Political Theory of Human Rights

Drury University – Full Experience (Course design, grading, and lecturing)
Philosophy of Peace and War
Elections, Interest Groups, and Political Parties
Introduction to American Politics

Brown University – Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Political Thought with Sharon Krause
Classics of Political Economy with Mark Blyth

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2009-Present – Founding Editor, The Art of Theory
Launched a free online quarterly of political philosophy.

SERVICE

Campus Planning Advisory Board – 2011-Present, Brown University
Nominated and elected to board responsible for Brown’s campus planning

Graduate Student Council – 2011-Present, Brown University

INTERESTS

Liberalism, Enlightenment political thought, Political ethics, Self-interest

LANGUAGES

Basic German, French, and Spanish