Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Previously I served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, working on the legislative staff of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from Duke University.
My research and teaching examine the edges of democratic politics, particularly in the United States. I am interested in the ways democratic boundaries are bounded and reinforced by incarceration and by institutions of empire. My research on these topics has appeared or is forthcoming in venues including Political Theory, Polity, American Political Thought, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, and The Washington Post.
My work has been supported by fellowships from the Tobin Project, the Triangle Intellectual History Seminar, the Kenan Institute for Ethics, and the Preparing Future Faculty program.
I can be contacted at emamet@princeton.edu.