Education

Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations (Global Processes)

Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Dissertation: The Digital Democratic Subject: Everyday Practices and the Construction of Subjectivities in the Public Sphere
Claire Rasmussen, advisor; David P. Redlawsk, committee member; Kyong-Min Son, committee member; Lindsay Hoffman, committee member

M.A., Political Science and International Relations, 2013
University of Delaware

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M.A., Political Science, 2011

Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Concentrations: Political Theory, Research Methodology,

Democratic Governance

Thesis: Learning Democracy- The Development of the Political Individual through Political Blogging Communities, or, a Theory of Political Blogs

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B.A., Political Science & International Studies, 2008 (Phi Beta Kappa)
McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
Minors: German, Religious Studies
Thesis: The Image of George Bush- The Triumph and Collapse of a Pseudo-Presidency
Honors Thesis: From the Left: the Revitalization of Democracy in America, or, the New Democratic Politics of Cyberspace