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About Me

I am a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD candidate in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at UC Berkeley Law.

My work explores the martial origins (and persisting militaristic dimensions) of the administrative state, and how the management of Indian affairs shaped civilian administrative policies and enforcement mechanisms from the earliest days of the nation.

My dissertation explores how extraordinary security measures taken against Native peoples and their lands inspired administrative law and organizational practices, which in turn informed broader security policies. It also foregrounds the agency of Tribal nations, and methods by which Tribal nations either resisted or actively engaged with this process.

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Education

PhD, Jurisprudence and Social Policy

UC Berkeley Law

  • Disciplinary Focus: Sociology of Law

  • Field/Topical Focus: International Law and Security Studies

  • Certificate of Specialization in International Law

  • Designated Emphasis, Study of Religion

BA, Statelessness and Forced Migration

University of California, Berkeley

  • Summa cum laude

  • Phi Beta Kappa

  • Departmental Citation for Outstanding Undergraduate Research

AA, Global Studies

Berkeley City College

  • Phi Theta Kappa

Awards, Scholarships and Grants

  • AAUW Dissertation Fellow
     

  • Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry Summer Research Grant, UC Berkeley
     

  • Francis S Coles Summer Research Grant, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Berkeley Law
     

  • Mike Synar Research Fellow, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley
     

  • John L. Simpson Research Fellow in International and Area Studies, UC Berkeley
     

  • Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley
     

  • Berkeley Empirical Legal Scholars Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Berkeley Law
     

  • Weigley Graduate Student Travel Award, Society for Military History
     

  • Graduate Student Travel Award, Center for Military, War and Society Studies
     

  • Graduate Mentored Research Fellowship, UC Berkeley
     

  • Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law Fellow, Berkeley Law

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