DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Program Area(s):  Political Theory

Regional Specialization(s):  United States

Dissertation Title:

Florence in Crisis: Dictatorship and Democracy in Machiavelli’s Political Thought

Dissertation Committee:  Mary Dietz (chair), James Farr, Loubna El Amine

Research Interest(s): democratic theory, republicanism, Florentine political thought, emergency government, history of political thought.

Conference Presentations: 

• “‘For Republics Move in Slow Motion’: Conflict, Necessity, and the Politics of Dictatorship in Machiavelli’s Discorsi,” Midwestern Political Science Association Conference, April 2022.
•  “‘For Republics Move in Slow Motion’: Conflict, Necessity, and the Politics of Dictatorship in Machiavelli’s Discorsi,” Association for Political Theory Conference, November 2021.

Honors/Awards: 

• Mellon Cluster Fellowship in Classics, 2017, Northwestern University