Research

I have presented ongoing research at numerous conferences including both the 2019 and 2020 APSA annual conferences. I presented my work “Black Lives Matter as an Existential Response to Necropolitics” at the 2020 Association for Political Theory (APT) conference, and two works on the Alt-Right at the respective 2021 WPSA and MPSA annual conferences.

My current research exists at the intersection of political theory and American politics, and focuses on race and social movements, specifically looking at Black Lives Matter and the Alt-Right. In our current tumultuous racial climate, I provide a theoretically rich understanding of racially-motivated social movements that informs us of the humanistic elements – and specifically the movements’ focuses on death – that motivate collective action efforts.

I successfully defended my dissertation during the Fall 2020 semester.

Dissertation

  • Seeing Black Lives Matter and the Alt-Right through an Existential Lens: From Responses to Death to Rebellion and Revolution (November 2020)

Works in Progress

  • Affective White Necropolitics: The Alt-Right’s Fear of White Genocide (received Revise and Re-sbumit by a peer reviewed journal)
  • Black Lives Matter: An Existential Interpretation (in revision for submission to a peer reviewed journal)
  • Pedagogical Deficiencies in Political Science Doctoral Programs: Current Practices or Lack Thereof (in progress)
  • Hope: A Multilayered Addition to the Standard Account (in progress)

Professional Presentations and Conference Participation

  • The Multilayered Standard Account of Hope: A Search for Definitional Clarity.
    • Accepted for presentation at the Western Political Science Association Annual Conference. Portland, OR. March 10-12, 2022.
  • Affective Thanatophobia: The American Alt-Right’s Fear of White Genocide.
    • Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference. Virtual (due to COVID-19). April 14, 2021.
  • The American Alt-Right: Existential Anxiety to Revolutionary Political Movement.
    • Presented at the Western Political Science Association (WPSA) Annual Conference. Virtual (due to COVID-19). April 3, 2021.
  • Black Lives Matter as an Existential Response to Necropolitics
    • Presented at the Association for Political Theory (APT) Annual Conference. Virtual (due to COVID-19). November 13th, 2020.
  • Black Lives Matter: An Existential Interpretation
    • Presented at the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference. Virtual (due to COVID-19). September 10th, 2020.
  • Participant in Roundtable Session “Conservatism and Limited Government in the Era of Donald Trump”
    • Northeast Political Science Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. November 9th, 2019.
  • Affecting the World: Political Science Education and Relevance
    • Presented at the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. August 30th, 2019.
    • Presented at the Northeast Political Science Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. November 9th, 2019.
  • What is the ‘Political’ in Political Philosophy?
    • Presented at the New York State Political Science Annual Conference. Staten Island, NY. April 14th, 2018.
  • Chair and Discussant for panel “The Self, Plurality, and Contingency”
    • New York State Political Science Annual Conference. Staten Island, NY. April 13th, 2018.
  • Michel Foucault, Panopticism, and Social Media
    • Presented at the New York State Political Science Annual Conference. New Paltz, NY. April 23rd, 2016.
  • Recapturing Albert Camus in the 21st Century
    • Presented at the Northeast Political Science Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. November 12th, 2015.