Bio.
Education.
I hold an LL.M. in Human Rights Law from Queen’s University Belfast (with Distinction), where my thesis examined the epistemological foundations of International Human Rights Law through Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and theories of epistemic injustice. I hold a B.A. in Behavioral Science & Global Justice from California Baptist University (Summa Cum Laude).
Grants & Scholarships.
I am currently funded as a doctoral scholar by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation). I also received a DAAD Research Grant-One-Year Grant for Doctoral Candidates (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) to support my research.
Editorial & Reviewing Activities.
Workshop Organization
I recently designed and hosted a two-day international workshop bringing together scholars from Germany and abroad to debate core assumptions of liberal democracy.
Editorial
Editorial team and steering committee member, ECPR Standing Group on Methods of Normative Political Theory.
Peer Review
Reviewer, Politics and Governance
Workshop & Conference Presentations.
Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE) Society Conference King’s College London; Panel Participant: Epistemic Democracy; July 2025
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference
University College Dublin; Panel Participant: Politics of Knowledge and (Liberal) Democracy; Panel Chair: Re-Thinking Liberal Democracy; August 2024
Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual Conference
Glasgow, UK; Panel Participant: Democracy and Political Theory; March 2024
TELOS Conference
Telos–Paul Piccone Institute, New York City; Panel Participant: Democracy Today; March 2024
Rethinking Liberal Democracy Workshop
University of Potsdam; Organizer/Paper Presenter: Why Democracy?; March 2024
Political Theory / Political Philosophy Workshop (online)
Queen’s University Belfast; Paper Presenter; February 2024
Politically Engaged Philosophy Workshop
Berlin, Germany; Paper Presenter; October 2023
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Panel Participant: Democratic Futures and Resilience; September 2023
Teaching/Facilitation.
Professional and community roles have developed my facilitation and public‑engagement skills (see Professional Experience) transferable to classroom teaching and student mentoring.
I am prepared to teach a variety of courses in Political Theory and Human Rights including, but not limited to:
• Introduction to Political Theory
• Introduction to Human Rights Law
• Theories of Human Rights
• Democratic Theory
• Social and Political Epistemology