Biography

Research Interests

• Theory and practices of democracy, especially issues of social justice and political participation
• Theory and analysis of political power and social change
• Theory and analysis of ideology, political consciousness and cognition and their relationships to political culture
• theory and social construction of public policy (current favorite topics: education, food)
• Pedagogy and citizenship

Dissertation Topic

"The Dynamics of Deliberation: Power and Structuration in Democratic Communication"

Committee: Shawn Rosenberg (chair), David Easton, Kevin Olson, Lisa Garcia-Bedolla

Favorite Links

• The Library of Congress
• National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
• Jane Hibbard Idema Women's Studies Center
• POLIS - Political Studies Club

Education

• Ph.D., University of California-Irvine
• M.A., University of California-Irvine
• B.A., Carleton College