Education
Harvard University
A.M., 2024 (4.0 GPA); Ph.D. in Government, 2027 (expected)
Examination Fields - Ancient Political Philosophy, Modern Political Philosophy, and Comparative Politics
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
J.D., Public Interest & Social Justice Certificate
Morehouse College
B.A. in Political Science with Distinction, magna cum laude
Legal Experience
Law Clerk
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
2024-2025
New York, NY
Law Clerk
Honorable James E. Graves, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2023-2024
Jackson, MS
Trial Attorney
Committee For Public Counsel Services
Boston, MA
Student-Attorney
Post-Conviction Advocacy Project
Berkeley, California
Summer Associate
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
New York, NY
Judicial Intern
New York Supreme Court
Civil Division, Queens, NY
Fellowships & Awards
Presidential Scholarship
Harvard University, 2021-2027
Graduate Prize Fellowship
Harvard University, 2021-2027
Ardis and Robert James Graduate Fellow
Harvard University, 2022-2023
Harold Laski Fellowship (given to top applicant in political theory)
Harvard University, 2021-2022
Public Interest & Social Justice Certificate
UC Berkeley School of Law, 2021
Dean's Fellowship
UC Berkeley School of Law, 2018-2021
Political Theorist Supreme (given to highest-ranking graduate in political theory)
Morehouse College, 2018
Outstanding Senior Thesis in Political Theory
Morehouse College, 2018
Oprah Winfrey South African and Zimbabwean Leadership Fellow
Morehouse College, 2017
Ray Charles Leadership Scholarship
Morehouse College, 2017
Opportunity Scholar
School of International Training
Cape Town, South Africa, 2016
Selected & Invited Presentations
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 5-8, 2024
New Voices in Criminal Law Symposium
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
April 19, 2024
Bell Collective Critical Race Theory Conference
"An Ode To CRT: Reflections on Black Radical Thought in Legal Scholarship"
Panelist, Censorship of Black Radicals
Harvard Law School
March 22, 2024
American Political Science Association
"Predatory Occasions"
Presenter, Comparative Labor Workshop
March 8, 2024
Emerging Scholars Conference in Public Law
"Predatory Occasions"
University of Texas at Austin
February 29, 2024
Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
July 2023
New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Mystic, Connecticut
April 21, 2023
Graduate Student Political History Conference
American Political History Institute
Boston University
April 21, 2023
Political Theory Workshop
Department of Government
Harvard University
April 12, 2023
Boston-Area Legal History Colloquium
Boston College
March 15, 2023
Additional Information
Massachusetts Bar (admitted 2021)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (admitted 2024)
Academic Affiliations: American Society of Legal History, Max Plank Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, John Mercer Langston Group, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University