📚 About me

I am a Reader in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. I specialise in the study of public policymaking and litigation in the United States, with a particular focus on religion, race, and education. My work fits broadly within the American Political Development (APD) tradition. I am currently working on a book on the politics of redistricting and how state legislators anticipate and seek to forestall legal challenges.

My award-winning book America’s Voucher Politics is out now with Cambridge University Press, and my study skills book Brilliant Essays is published by Bloomsbury in the Study Skills series.

You can read more about America’s Voucher Politics here, listen to a New Books Network podcast about it here, watch a video about it here, or order a copy here.

You can find out more about my book and video series Brilliant Essays here, and order a copy here.

You can find a list of my publication here and my CV here.

Experience

  1. Reader in Politics

    Royal Holloway, University of London

  2. Senior Lecturer in Politics

    Royal Holloway, University of London

  3. Lecturer in Politics

    Royal Holloway, University of London

  4. Junior Research Fellow in US Politics

    Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford

  5. Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow

    Nuffield College, University of Oxford

  6. College Lecturer

    Christ Church and Exeter College

Education

  1. DPhil in Politics

    University of Oxford
    Winner of the Sir Walter Bagehot Prize for the best thesis in the field of Government and Public Administration (Political Studies Association, 2015)

  2. MPHil in Politics: Comparative Government

    University of Oxford

  3. Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

    University of Oxford
    First Class