Education:
I received my Ph.D. in Philosophy from Tulane University in 2025; my MA in History from Eastern Washington University in 2019, and my BA in Philosophy from Eastern Washington University in 2017.
Areas of Specialization:
Social and Political Philosophy
Modern Philosophy
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Public Philosophy
Areas of Competence:
Applied Ethics
Philosophy of Law
Ethics
Dissertation:
My dissertation examines how sovereign states can resolve conflicts within the international community without surrendering their sovereign status, akin to how individuals delegate authority to ensure peace and order while retaining personal freedoms. I argue that modern international governance needs to allow states to retain sovereignty while providing a system for resolving disputes, which can be done by understanding sovereignty as divisible. Divided sovereignty challenges the traditional view of sovereignty as absolute, proposing that sovereignty can be shared or divided among different levels of governance, enabling a more cooperative international order.
Research Interests:
My primary research areas involve political philosophy, modern philosophy, and the intersections of philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE). My ongoing research considers questions and issues of sovereignty in the late modern and American founding periods and what these findings can tell us about today’s international global order.