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I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. I study political theory, with a focus on democratic theory, constitutional law, illiberal democracy, populism and democratic backsliding. My work draws heavily on philosophy, history, psychology, economics, and empirical political science. I recently received the PPE Society's  Gerald Gaus Memorial PPE Essay Prize.

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