Theories of Justice
Democratic Theory
Rational Choice Theory
Philosophy of Social Science

Academic Honors and Fellowships

Stanford University
Faculty Grant, Political Science Program for Undergraduate Research, 2004, 2005, 2006.

University of Rochester
            University Fellowship, 1995-97.
            Rush Rhees Fellowship, 1995-96.
            Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Fellowship Program, 1994.
            Robert and Mary Sproull Fellowship, 1993-95.

Articles

“The Logic of Random Selection” Political Theory, forthcoming.

“Lotteries, Justice, and Probability.” Journal of Theoretical Politics, forthcoming.

“Rationality, Intelligibility, and Interpretation.” Rationality and Society 21, no. 1 (February 2009), forthcoming.

“What Can Lotteries Do for Education?” Theory and Research in Education 6, no 3 (November 2008): 267-282.

“On Fair Lotteries.” Social Theory and Practice 34, no. 4 (October 2008): 573-590.

“Russell, Mathematics and the Popular Mind.” In Alan Schwerin, ed. Russell Revisited: Critical Reflections on the Thought of Bertrand Russell. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.

“Why Lotteries Are Just.” Journal of Political Philosophy 15, no. 3 (September 2007): 276-295.

“The Impossibility of Rational Politics?” Politics, Philosophy and Economics 2 (June 2003): 239-263.

Working Papers and Papers under Review

“Conceptualizing Lotteries.” Working Paper No. 16, Political Concepts: A Working Paper Series of the Committee on Concepts and Methods, International Political Science Association, September 2007.

“Lotteries and Probability Theory.”

“Picking and Choosing Revisited.”

“Three Arguments for Lotteries”

“What Can Lotteries Do for Education?” Manuscript, the Equality Exchange. Posted May 25, 2008.