Overview
I am a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Government at Cornell University, where I completed my PhD in 2023. Previously, I was the Humanities Scholars Program Postdoctoral Associate at the Society for the Humanities. My research lies at the intersection of the history of political thought, feminist political theory, and the politics of performance.
My current book project Voices of Authority: Claiming Freedom on the French Feminist Stage addresses the question of how women can get heard in public life by bringing theatrical performances written by 20th century French feminist thinkers, Simone de Beauvoir, Hélène Cixous, and Monique Wittig into conversation with contemporary instances of feminist protest. I am also working on a parallel research project that offers a new approach to thinking about free expression through the lens of elite politics by way of 5th-century Athenian tragedy.
Selected Publications:
"The Poetics of Failure in Simone de Beauvoir's Les bouches inutiles." Contemporary Political Theory (2023)
"Review of Staging Democracy: The Political Work of Live Performance by Emily Beausoleil." (in progress for Political Theory)