University of Utah | Dept. of Political Science

I’m an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. I specialize in public law, courts, and American political development. My work centers on how American judicial institutions are created and evolve over time, and how political actors use these institutions to influence constitutional change, federalism, and state building.

My research has appeared in Studies in American Political Development, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Law & Policy, and SUNY Press’s American Constitutionalism series. I also serve as co-editor for Publius’s Annual Review of American Federalism.

I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Cornell University in 2014 after obtaining a B.A. in political science and history, with honors, from Boston College.