I am a second year doctoral student of Public Law in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. My research interests include constitutional law, judicial politics, and legal philosophy. I earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 2004.
I am currently taking the following courses:
Constitutional Law II: Speech and Religion (D. Rabban, at the UT School of Law)
American Politics: Bureaucracy, Public Opinion, Institutional Development (S. Theriault, B. Buchanan)
Modern Political Theory/Philosophy (R. Muirhead)
Mass Media and Politics (N. Valentino, informal audit)
In the Spring I will take the following courses:
Judicial Politics (H. Perry)
American Institutions and Processes (D. Shaw)
American Legal Philosophy (G. Jacobsohn)
I have completed the following courses:
Comparative Judicial Politics and Behavior (D. Brinks)
Linear Regression Statistics (R. Luskin)
American Institutions: Congress and the President (S. Theriault, B. Buchanan)
Comparative Constitutionalism (G. Jacobsohn)
Constitutional Conflict (J. Tulis)
Introductory Statistics (T. Lin)
I have experience as a Teaching Assistant in the following courses:
Constitutional Law I (H. Perry) Fall 2007, Fall 2008
Supreme Court & Public Policy (L. Powe) Spring 2008, Spring 2009
American President (B. Buchanan) Summer, 2008
I have experience as a Research Assistant in the following topical areas:
Comparative Constitutional Design/Impact (Z. Elkins) Fall 2008
Public perception of presidential performance (B. Buchanan) Summer 2008
Public perception of genetics, genetic stigma, and social traits (T. Jayaratne) Summer 2003, Summer 2004 (University of Michigan)