research
Excess Punishment: State, Citizens, and Felon Disenfranchisement: This was my dissertation, a project concerning “felon” as a concept of action, identity, and the specific practices (such as felon disenfranchisement) that constitute the meaning of the term. An abstract is available.
Neoliberalism and Punishment: Framed on Michel Foucault’s analysis of the Chicago School of Economics, this is work concerning the development of neo-liberal penality in the United States.
Gifts, Subjectivity, and the Will: Research project into the status of the will in giving and receiving gifts. This work is based mostly in Hegel at the moment.
black youth project: I worked as a research assistant for Prof. Cathy Cohen’s long term research project into the sexuality, religion, and politics of young African Americans.
american politics exam wiki: in an attempt to help other people get through their qualifying exams, I am building a wiki site to allow exam takers to share resources more easily.