Research Interests
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Modern Political Philosophy
Jean-Jacques Rousseau American Political Thought |
International Human Rights
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
Research Statement
My research focuses on modern political philosophy with an emphasis on the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I also have an interest in American political thought and engage in research that makes a meaningful connection between theoretical and quantitative analyses of political phenomena. Finally, I engage in research concerning the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Publications
Peer Reviewed:
2022. "Perfectibility, Disaster, and Disease: Rousseau's Application of the Natural Goodness of Man." in Making Sense of Disease and Disasters: Reflections of Political Theory from Antiquity to the Age of COVID, ed. Lee Trepanier. Routledge: New York.
2021. "Internet Uses and Political Participation in the U.S." The Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science. 91(2): 134-178.
2021. "Rousseau, Romero, and the 'Sentiment of Existence': The Search for Perfectibility in Dawn of the Dead." in Beyond the Grave: Essays on Zombies and the Romero Legacy, eds. Gloria Pastorino and Bruce Peabody. McFarland Books: Jefferson, NC.
2021. "Setting the Agenda: A Simulation of Deciding Tomorrow's Front-Page." Journal of Political Science Education. 17(sup1): 77-92.
2018. "How International is Political Science? Patters of Submission and Publication in the American Political Science Review." PS: Political Science & Politics. 51(4): 789-798. (with Marijke Breuning, Ayal Feinberg, Melissa Martinez, Ramesh Sharma, and John Ishiyama).
2018. "Clearing the Pipeline? Gender and the Review Process at the American Political Science Review." PS: Political Science & Politics. 51(3): 629-642. (with Marijke Breuning, Ayal Feinberg, Melissa Martinez, Ramesh Sharma, and John Ishiyama).
2015. "Reviewer Fatigue? Why Scholars Decline to Review their Peers' Work." PS: Political Science & Politics. 48(4): 565-600. (with Marijke Breuning, Jeremy Backstrom, Jeremy Brannon, and Michael Widmeier).
Editor Reviewed:
2022. "Professional Norms: Clearing a Barrier to Developing Meaningful Relationships." in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, eds. Kevin Lorentz II, Daniel J. Mallinson, Julia Marin Hellwege, Davin Phoenix, and J. Cheries Strachan. American Political Science Association: Washington, DC. (with Kevin M. Kearns and Evan M. Lowe)
Non-Peer Reviewed:
2016. "Overburdened Reviewers and the Future of Peer Review." European Science Editing. 42(2): 42. (with Marijke Breuning, Jeremy Backstrom, Jeremy Brannon, and Michael Widmeier).
2022. "Perfectibility, Disaster, and Disease: Rousseau's Application of the Natural Goodness of Man." in Making Sense of Disease and Disasters: Reflections of Political Theory from Antiquity to the Age of COVID, ed. Lee Trepanier. Routledge: New York.
2021. "Internet Uses and Political Participation in the U.S." The Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science. 91(2): 134-178.
2021. "Rousseau, Romero, and the 'Sentiment of Existence': The Search for Perfectibility in Dawn of the Dead." in Beyond the Grave: Essays on Zombies and the Romero Legacy, eds. Gloria Pastorino and Bruce Peabody. McFarland Books: Jefferson, NC.
2021. "Setting the Agenda: A Simulation of Deciding Tomorrow's Front-Page." Journal of Political Science Education. 17(sup1): 77-92.
2018. "How International is Political Science? Patters of Submission and Publication in the American Political Science Review." PS: Political Science & Politics. 51(4): 789-798. (with Marijke Breuning, Ayal Feinberg, Melissa Martinez, Ramesh Sharma, and John Ishiyama).
2018. "Clearing the Pipeline? Gender and the Review Process at the American Political Science Review." PS: Political Science & Politics. 51(3): 629-642. (with Marijke Breuning, Ayal Feinberg, Melissa Martinez, Ramesh Sharma, and John Ishiyama).
2015. "Reviewer Fatigue? Why Scholars Decline to Review their Peers' Work." PS: Political Science & Politics. 48(4): 565-600. (with Marijke Breuning, Jeremy Backstrom, Jeremy Brannon, and Michael Widmeier).
Editor Reviewed:
2022. "Professional Norms: Clearing a Barrier to Developing Meaningful Relationships." in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, eds. Kevin Lorentz II, Daniel J. Mallinson, Julia Marin Hellwege, Davin Phoenix, and J. Cheries Strachan. American Political Science Association: Washington, DC. (with Kevin M. Kearns and Evan M. Lowe)
Non-Peer Reviewed:
2016. "Overburdened Reviewers and the Future of Peer Review." European Science Editing. 42(2): 42. (with Marijke Breuning, Jeremy Backstrom, Jeremy Brannon, and Michael Widmeier).
Under Review
Revise and Resubmit
"Tools of the Trade? Methods of State Repression and Authoritarian Regimes" (with Jeremy R. Backstrom and Michael C. Marshall)
"Tools of the Trade? Methods of State Repression and Authoritarian Regimes" (with Jeremy R. Backstrom and Michael C. Marshall)
Works in Progress
"Emile's Three Tutors: Unraveling the Complex Character"
"Rousseau and the Anti-Vaxxers: Critique of Doctors and the Modern Scientific Project in the Emile"
"The Relief of Man's Estate: A Virtue or Mask of Virtue?" (with Evan M. Lowe)
"The Case for Limiting Free Speech, But Not in America"
"Aristotle, Locke, and Rousseau: Virtue and Civic Education" (with Kevin M. Kearns and Sebastian Graham)
"A Federal Republic: The U.S. Constitution and William Paley." (with Haimo Li)
"Tools of the Trad: Does Repression Evolve with Authoritarian Regime Transitions?" (with Jeremy R. Backstrom and Michael Marshall)
"Losing my Marbles: A Simulation of Political Ideology & R-A-S"
"Federalism and Agenda-Setting: A Complex Ecosystem"
"The Everywheres & The U.S. Constitution"
"Rousseau and the Anti-Vaxxers: Critique of Doctors and the Modern Scientific Project in the Emile"
"The Relief of Man's Estate: A Virtue or Mask of Virtue?" (with Evan M. Lowe)
"The Case for Limiting Free Speech, But Not in America"
"Aristotle, Locke, and Rousseau: Virtue and Civic Education" (with Kevin M. Kearns and Sebastian Graham)
"A Federal Republic: The U.S. Constitution and William Paley." (with Haimo Li)
"Tools of the Trad: Does Repression Evolve with Authoritarian Regime Transitions?" (with Jeremy R. Backstrom and Michael Marshall)
"Losing my Marbles: A Simulation of Political Ideology & R-A-S"
"Federalism and Agenda-Setting: A Complex Ecosystem"
"The Everywheres & The U.S. Constitution"
