ABOUT ME
I received my PhD from Northern Illinois University in 2007 and have been a professor of political science at Rochester Institute of Technology since. I teach courses on American politics, political theory, and biopolitics. My research deals with the history of classical liberal thought, the family, and the intersection between politics and the life sciences. I am currently working on a book on coercion in healthcare.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Classical liberal thought, including Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, and spontaneous orders in the social and political sciences
2007
Northern Illinois University, MA, PhD
Dissertation: The Liberated Beast
Political theory, including the family in political theory and natural rights in liberal theory.
Biopolitics, including the intersection between evolutionary theory and political theory, particularly understandings of human nature.
Health politics, particularly the politics of birth and death, regulatory capture, and medicalization of normal life transitions.
2002
Binghamton University, BA
Major: Philosophy, with an emphasis on evolutionary theory