Research
My research cuts across American political thought and American political development. I am interested in the boundaries of U.S. democracy in contexts including prisons and jails as well as the political status of Washington, D.C. and the U.S. territories in Congress.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2025. “Democratic Equality for Washington, D.C.!,” Perspectives on Politics.
2024. “Race, Democracy, and Empire: Delegates to Congress from DC and the Territories,” with Austin Bussing. Polity 56 (3): 384-407.
Honorable Mention, David Brian Robertson Best Paper Award, APSA Politics and History Section, 2024
2023. “‘This Unfortunate Development’: Incarceration and Democracy in W.E.B. Du Bois,” Political Theory 51 (2): 382-412.
Honorable Mention, Law and Political Economy Writing Prize, Harvard Law School Political Economy Association, 2021
2023. “Do Reserved Seats Work? Evidence from Tribal Representatives in Maine,” with Cameron DeHart. State Politics & Policy Quarterly 23 (2): 283-305.
2021. “Representation on the Periphery: The Past and Future of Nonvoting Members of Congress,” American Political Thought 10 (3): 390-418. [open access version]
Public Scholarship
2024. “Promoting Bipartisanship in an Era of Polarization: The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, 2019 – 2023.” With Martha Coven. Princeton Innovations for Successful Societies. [read a write-up here]
2023. “Delegates to the House of Representatives: Who Are They and What Do They Do?” Understanding Congress Podcast, American Enterprise Institute.
2022. “If seated, a Cherokee delegate could make a big difference in Congress.” The Washington Post.