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Doctoral Student
American Politics
Political Theory

• Fields of Study

  • American Politics
  • Political Theory
  • Public Law

• About

  Kathleen is in her second year as the Postdoctoral Fellow at Kenyon College's Center for the Study of American Democracy and Visiting Assistant Professor in Kenyon's Department of Political Science. Her research is concerned with the relation between institutional design and political judgment. Using resources in philosophy, constitutional analysis, and political psychology, as well as case studies of contemporary institutions, her work addresses the question of how governing institutions foster political judgment. She also has an interest in immigration law and policy, prompted by her institutional case studies.

• Education

  • Pomona College, BA, History

• Grants

  • Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship, Winter 2011
  • Alfred Meyer Family Summer Research Grant, Summer 2010
  • Departmental Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2005-2006

• Presentations

  • Paper Presentation, “A Judgment-Based Model of Democratic Institutions,” Western Political Science Association National Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 2011
  • Paper Presentation, “Direct Legislation, Democracy, and Citizen Judgment,” Political Theory Workshop, University of Michigan, February 2011
  • Paper Commentator, Juan Espindola-Mata, "The Apology for Public Apologies,” Workshop, University of Michigan. September 2010.

• Dissertation Title

  • The Inter-Institutional Construction of Judgment

• Dissertation Chair

  • Lisa Disch, Mika LaVaque-Manty (co chairs)

• Dissertation Committee

  • Pam Brandwein, Mariah Zeisberg, Don Herzog