I am a PhD candidate in Political Theory at Cornell University. My research and teaching interests are at the intersections of American political thought, Marxist theory, and theories of empire.

My dissertation book project, The Right to the World: American Anti-Imperialism between Reform and Revolution, examines how twentieth-century American political thinkers refashioned the critique of American empire to respond to its shifting form. Reading canonical thinkers alongside social history, it argues that twentieth-century radicals developed anti-imperial strategies and critique in conversation with revolutionary movements across the Atlantic, pursuing domestic institutional reform with the aim of facilitating anti-imperial transnational solidarity.

In 2024-2025, I was an APSA Public Scholarship Fellow. My work has also been supported by the Cornell American Studies Program and awarded the Peter Uwe Hohendahl Prize in Critical Theory.

Prior to Cornell, I received a B.A. (Honours) and M.A. in Political Science from McGill University. You can find my CV here.

Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about my work, applying to graduate school, or anything else. You can contact me at en256@cornell.edu.