​About Me

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University in Camden, NJ where I study American political development with emphasis on public law, criminal justice, inequality, and political thought. I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and B.A.s in Political Science and History from Rutgers University. My research and teaching specialties include law and courts, political ideas, racial and class inequality, public and social policy, and mass incarceration. 

​My research explores issues related to class, race, and American criminal justice. I study how political and ideological constructions of criminality have been embedded into law and policy in ways that reflect and reproduce social, economic, and racial inequalities in U.S. society. I have published on law, punishment, and American political development in Political Research Quarterly, nonsite, Studies in American Political Development, LSE's U.S. Politics and Policy Blog, and Common Dreams.

​I can be reached via email at [email protected] or phone at 856-225-2970.