I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Claremont Graduate University
and a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Los Angeles. I also hold a Master of Arts in American Politics from Claremont. I studied American politics and held research assistantships under Jean Schroedel and the late Michael Uhlmann. Within political philosophy, I studied with Mark Blitz and James Nichols.
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and a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Los Angeles. I also hold a Master of Arts in American Politics from Claremont. I studied American politics and held research assistantships under Jean Schroedel and the late Michael Uhlmann. Within political philosophy, I studied with Mark Blitz and James Nichols.
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My areas of specialization include American politics and political philosophy. My research is primarily focused on the intersection of religion and politics. I do additional work on voting rights in Indian Country. More specifically, I am interested in the political engagement of evangelicals, church and state relations, and the civic status of Native Americans. Within political philosophy, my research interests include four key thinkers: Plato, Publius, John Locke, and Martin Heidegger. Each of these topics has connections to broader themes in American political development, religion and politics, constitutional law, American political thought, voting rights, and the history of political philosophy.
I am currently working on my dissertation which examines the theological, legal, and philosophical influences on evangelical clergy who choose to break the law and engage in partisan politics (i.e. violate existing statutory and regulatory law). It incorporates a mix-methods approach which includes an engagement with important normative questions as well as necessary quantitative analyses.
I am currently working on my dissertation which examines the theological, legal, and philosophical influences on evangelical clergy who choose to break the law and engage in partisan politics (i.e. violate existing statutory and regulatory law). It incorporates a mix-methods approach which includes an engagement with important normative questions as well as necessary quantitative analyses.
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