• Associate Professor of Practice
    Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, and Organization, University of Pennsylvania (2023-present)

    Director of Operations
    Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, and Organization, University of Pennsylvania (2023-present)

    James N. Perry Scholar of Philosophy, Politics, and Society
    Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, University of Pennsylvania (2019-present)

    Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate
    James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University (2018-2019)

  • Ph.D., Politics, Princeton University, 2018

    M.A., Politics, Princeton University, 2014

    B.A., Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2012

  • Completely Free: The Moral and Political Vision of John Stuart Mill (Princeton University Press, 2022) Link

  • University of Pennsylvania
    Governance & Human Well-Being (I-MPA 601/6010)
    Leadership Theory & Practice (I-MPA 605/6050)
    Leadership Ethics (I-MPA 606/6060)
    Global Leadership & Biographical Analysis (I-MPA 610/6100)
    Leadership: Ethical Analysis (G-MPA 606)
    Religion & U.S. Public Policy (TA) (PSCI 240)
    Elections & Engagement (TA) (PSCI 244)

    Princeton University
    Political Theory (Preceptor) (POL 210)
    Democratic Theory (Preceptor) (POL 306)
    The Just Society (Preceptor) (POL 307)

  • James Madison Society (2019) Link

    George Kateb Preceptor Award (2017) Link

    Dean’s Fellowship (2017) Link

    Laurence S. Rockefeller Graduate Prize Fellowship (2016) Link

    William S. Carpenter Fellowship (2013)

    Phi Beta Kappa (2012) Link

    Summa Cum Laude (2012) Link

    Howard Penniman Graduate Scholarship (2012) Link

    Philo Bennett Prize (2012) Link

    Distinction in Political Science (2012) Link

    Pi Sigma Alpha (2011) Link

  • Making Men Moral’s Challenge to Liberalism,” American Enterprise Institute (2023) Video

    “A Catholic Reading of Mill on Free Speech,” Ave Maria University (2023)

    “Cultivating Civic Vocations” (Moderator) with Hon. Stephanos Bibas, Bryan Bademan, and Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, The Collegium Institute (2023) Link

    “Beyond Mill’s Trident: Free Speech and Despotism in On Liberty,” Duke University (2023)

    “Self” (Moderator) with Tom Csordas and Todd Whitmore, The Collegium Institute (2023) Link

    “Completely Free: The Moral and Political Vision of John Stuart Mill,” Middlebury College (2023) Link

    “Completely Free? The Relevance of John Stuart Mill to Liberalism Today,” The Collegium Institute (2022) Video

    “Completely Free: The Moral and Political Vision of John Stuart Mill,” New Books Network (2022) Audio

    “Anscombe on Money, Debt, and Usury” (Moderator) with Graham Hubbs, The Collegium Institute (2022) Video

    “Another Meaningless Modifier: On ‘Free’ Will and Intentionality,” American Catholic Philosophical Association (2021) Link

    “Anscombe and Moral Prohibition” (Moderator) with Candace Vogler, The Collegium Institute (2021) Video

    “Unrecoverable Intentions: A Skinnerian Reading of the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Complexity of Intentionality” (Discussant) with Chungjae Lee, Princeton University (2017) Link

    “The Encrusted Mind: J.S. Mill on Liberty and Autonomy,” Midwest Political Science Association (2017) Link

    “Edmund Burke and the Deliberative Sublime” (Discussant) with Rob Goodman, Princeton University (2016) Link

    “Open Doors: Unlocking the Concept of ‘Overall’ Freedom,” Midwest Political Science Association (2016) Link

    “Authentic Freedom: Pope Francis on Choosing Power vs. the Power of Choice,” Creatio (2015) Link

    “Liberal Integrity and Foreign Entanglement” (Discussant) with Shmuel Nili, Princeton University (2015) Link

  • “Anscombe Unboxed: Reading the Anscombe Archive,” Leader (2023-2024) Link

    “Anscombe on Action & Ethics,” Leader (2022-2023) Link

    “Anscombe &: The History of Philosophy According to Elizabeth Anscombe,” Assoc. Leader (2021-2022) Link

    John Locke Institute, Instructor (2018, 2022) Link

    “Elizabeth Anscombe’s Intention,” Leader (2018) Link

    Prison Teaching Initiative, Instructor (2018) Link

    Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship, Graduate Organizer (2016, 2018) Link

    Graduate Conference in Political Theory, Organizing Committee (2014-2016) Link

    Bowling 200+ Link