I am a Doctoral Candidate at Binghamton University (SUNY). The focus of my dissertation is on electoral manipulation by state and local governments on voting rights in the United States, including gerrymandering. My research and teaching interests involve Voting Rights, Redistricting and Gerrymandering, State Politics, Constitutional Law, Campaigns and Elections, Canadian Politics, and Minority Politics. I have presented papers at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting and the State Politics and Policy Conference. I have taught courses as the instructor of record in Constitutional Law and Constraints and Civil Liberties and Rights, as well as being a TA for a 300 level course in American Political Thought.
I received my undergraduate degree in Political Science and History from Indiana University Bloomington in 2000, where I worked as an intern for Rep. Baron Hill in Washington. I then obtained a Juris Doctor from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington in 2003. Upon passage of the Indiana Bar Exam, I served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for eight years, and represented numerous local governmental boards as well. I was also an adjunct faculty member of Ivy Tech Community College at that time, where I taught courses in Criminal Justice, Political Science, History, and Communications (Speech). I am still an attorney active in good standing in the State of Indiana.
Outside my love for politics, one of my main hobbies is travel, with specific interests in historical sites and national parks. I have visited 12 counties and 49 states as of now. When I have the time, I enjoy fishing and attending Taylor Swift concerts (I have been to 28 of them).
I received my undergraduate degree in Political Science and History from Indiana University Bloomington in 2000, where I worked as an intern for Rep. Baron Hill in Washington. I then obtained a Juris Doctor from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington in 2003. Upon passage of the Indiana Bar Exam, I served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for eight years, and represented numerous local governmental boards as well. I was also an adjunct faculty member of Ivy Tech Community College at that time, where I taught courses in Criminal Justice, Political Science, History, and Communications (Speech). I am still an attorney active in good standing in the State of Indiana.
Outside my love for politics, one of my main hobbies is travel, with specific interests in historical sites and national parks. I have visited 12 counties and 49 states as of now. When I have the time, I enjoy fishing and attending Taylor Swift concerts (I have been to 28 of them).
The Alaskan Highway in the winter.
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At Omaha Beach in Normandy
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