I am a historian of political thought and an Early-Career Research Fellow at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge.
My research primarily focuses on the history of American and African American political thought, with particular interests in the development of ideas about equality, citizenship and civil rights in the twentieth century. I am currently working on projects relating to the political thought of Derrick Bell and the intellectual history of the concept of diversity in twentieth-century American political and legal thought.
I have also published articles on topics such as the development of liberal theories of judicial decision-making, the role of “ordinary language philosophy” in American legal thought, and Thomas Paine’s and Thomas Jefferson’s writings on the relations between generations. My work has appeared in journals such as Modern Intellectual History, Perspectives on Politics, and The American Journal of Jurisprudence.
During the 2025-26 academic year, I was a Procter Fellow at Princeton University. Prior to that, I studied for my DPhil (PhD) at the University of Oxford, and obtained an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History and a BA in History and Politics from the University of Cambridge.
My research primarily focuses on the history of American and African American political thought, with particular interests in the development of ideas about equality, citizenship and civil rights in the twentieth century. I am currently working on projects relating to the political thought of Derrick Bell and the intellectual history of the concept of diversity in twentieth-century American political and legal thought.
I have also published articles on topics such as the development of liberal theories of judicial decision-making, the role of “ordinary language philosophy” in American legal thought, and Thomas Paine’s and Thomas Jefferson’s writings on the relations between generations. My work has appeared in journals such as Modern Intellectual History, Perspectives on Politics, and The American Journal of Jurisprudence.
During the 2025-26 academic year, I was a Procter Fellow at Princeton University. Prior to that, I studied for my DPhil (PhD) at the University of Oxford, and obtained an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History and a BA in History and Politics from the University of Cambridge.
