Research focus. Political & social theory; capabilities, power, and ontological security.
Proposed doctoral research. The Politics of Insecurity: A Needs-Based Theory of Democratic Decline — unmet esteem/purpose needs create ontological insecurity that populism exploits (US/UK, 2015–2025).
Education.
• MA, Political Theory, University of Toronto (2018–2019).
• MA, Public Administration—Population & Development, HSE Moscow (2015–2017).
• BA, Business Administration, Memorial University (1999–2005).
Selected publications & writing.
• “Comparing Arendt and Fanon on power and violence.” University of Toronto Journal of Political Science, 2(1), 2019.
• Human Development: A Re-education in Freedom, Love, and Happiness, 2021.
• Master’s thesis: The embeddedness of sex trafficking in Nigeria: An institutional approach, HSE, 2017.
Research & professional experience (selected).
• Criminal Networks Research Intern, Università di Napoli Federico II (2017).
• Anti-Trafficking Advocate, Moscow & Naples (2016–2017).
• Consultant, Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy Social Services (2016–2017).
Teaching (selected).
MA Sociology guest lecture (HSE); AP Seminar, AP Microeconomics, AP Calculus; English Literature; Social Studies.
Honors.
Bastiat Fellowship (Mercatus, 2018–2019); Graduate Research Affiliate (Toronto CCDS, 2018–2019); funded research internship (HSE→Naples, 2017); HSE Top Student (2015–2017).
Methods & languages.
Qualitative (conceptual & discourse analysis; elite/survivor interviewing; case study). Basic R/SPSS. English (native); Spanish (conv.); French (reading).