Academic Experience

Academic Positions

Yale University
Faculty Fellow
Center for Cultural Sociology
2014-Present

Stanford University
Visiting Scholar
The Bill Lane Center for the American West
2026

Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor
Center for Publication Administration and Policy
2018-2026

Harvard University
Lecturer on Social Studies
Social Studies
2009-2017

Boston University
Teaching Assistant
The University Professors Program
2006-2008

Teaching Fellow
College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program
2006-2007

Degrees

Ph.D., Sociology, Political Science,
and Philosophy of Social Science‍
‍ ‍Boston University, 2012
Dissertation:
‍ ‍The Elements of Social Science

‍ ‍Comprehensive Examinations:
Sociological Theory
Political Philosophy

Committee:
Liah Greenfeld (Chair)
Charles Lindholm
John Stone

Master of Public Policy with Honors
The University of Chicago, 2004
‍ ‍ Honor’s Thesis:
‍ ‍A Perspective on Ecological Anthropocentrism

Bachelor of Science
New York University, Stern School of Business, 2000
‍ Major:
Management and Organizations

Postgraduate Studies

The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal
Master Class: The Conservative as Artist, 2025
Master Class: The Perennial Edmund Burke, 2026

Jack Miller Center
America in the Republican Tradition Summer Institute, 2019

Yale University, Department of Sociology
Philosophy of Social Science Summer Seminar, 2015