Academic

I am writing a dissertation about freedom of speech. The core of my dissertation focuses on internet speech, including problems posed by regulating speech on social media platforms and search engines. I address these contemporary issues in a larger normative framework concerned with the possibility of conflict between free speech and other liberal democratic values such as privacy and equality. 

While my dissertation is focused on contemporary moral and political philosophy, I have ongoing research interests in the history of philosophy. Specifically, I have been writing about figures like Hugo Grotius and Thomas Hobbes. I am trying to understand the way such thinkers conceptualized moral and political theory, since their work has significantly shaped the way we think about these topics today.