I am a lecturer on Political Theory in the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies. I was also the Harvard College Fellow in the program. I received my PhD in Political Science from University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Political Theory from the London School of Economics.

My research areas include political realism, legitimacy, liberalism, pluralism, democratic theory, human rights, the relation between moral and political theory, and applied ethical problems in democratic societies. 

I have taught a wide range of courses including liberal and democratic theory, social theory, debates about justice, the canon in political theory (from ancient to late modern), feminist theory, conceptual analysis, and ethical reasoning. I have won exceptional recognition for my teaching including the Stanley Hoffman prize for faculty excellence in teaching and a certificate of teaching excellence for every semester I taught at Harvard over five years. 

I am currently working on a book-length project on political legitimacy. Other work in progress includes two articles one on the Weberian transformation of liberalism, and the other on the sources of normativity in the study of political phenomena. I am also working on an edited volume on political theory and film.