Postdoctoral Research Associate in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Hello! I’m Sam. I’m a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo. Next year, I’ll teach Ethics of AI and AI Policy, and help students explore how citizens and institutions can adapt responsibly in the age of artificial intelligence. My work explores how citizens’ duties to one another evolve in the face shifting political institutions and diverging life plans.
Education
Ph. D, in Government, 2025
University of Virginia
Political Theory and American Politics
Dissertation: Civic Duty in the Real World
Introduction: Operationalizing Political Obligation (Findings from the 2022 CES)
Ch. 1: Publicity’s Misinformation Problem
Ch. 2: Defining and Defending Approximate Compliance
Ch. 3: On Federalism and Political Obligation
Ch. 4: Reciprocity Beyond Equality: Political Obligation in Unequal Legal Orders
B.A. in Government and Philosophy, (Honors) 2020
Dartmouth College
M.A. in Government, 2022
University of Virginia