Bio

As a scholar of law and society, my research is primarily focused on social inequality, the function of law in society, housing inequality, property issues, and research and teaching methodology.

Since Fall 2022, I have served as an assistant professor of law at The University of Massachusetts School of Law. I earned law degrees from Boston College Law School (JD) and Boston University School of Law (LLM). I earned my PhD in Sociology from Columbia University in 2020, after which I served in that department as a full-time lecturer in the Department of Sociology.

My scholarly work has previously been published in journals such as Sociological Methodology, Gender and Society, The Stanford University Law and Policy Review, Critical Sociology, TRAILS, Frontiers in Sociology, and The Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review.

Education

Columbia University Ph.D.
Boston College JD
Boston University LLM
Birmingham-Southern College BA

Teaching

  • Property I & II
  • Remedies
  • Law & Social Change
  • Legal Ethnography
  • Business Organizations
  • Field Placement Seminar

Law Courses

HON 480: [Undergrad]Honors Legal Ethnography

LAW 530: Property I

LAW 531: Property II

LAW 639: Field Placement Seminar

LAW 640: Community Development Seminar

LAW 585: Business Organizations

LAW 683: Remedies

LAW 695: Independent Legal Research

LAW 699-XX: Law & Social Change

LAW 699-XX: Legal Ethnography

Research Interests

  • Housing
  • Law & Social Change
  • Inequality
  • Research Methodology
  • Teaching Methodology