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