I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame specializing in political theory and international relations. My primary research examines theories of the state and sovereignty in the German-speaking world during the interwar period.  My dissertation recovers Hermann Heller's account of political unity in the modern state, placing it in critical dialogue with Carl Schmitt's constitutional theory. My broader research focuses on theories of war and peace in the history of European political thought, especially during the Enlightenment. 

My research has been published in Political Research Quarterly and has been supported by generous grants from the American Political Science Association, the Institute for Humane Studies, and the Mercatus Center as well as grants from the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Liberal Arts, and the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame. 

I received an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in 2022 and a B.A. from Baylor University in 2019. During my time at Baylor, I studied Philosophy, Classics, and German through the University Scholars program.