Research and Teaching Interests
I'm a PhD candidate in the Sociology Department at Stanford University, and I received my JD from Stanford Law School in 2011. My research interests include sociology of law, legal consciousness, criminal procedure, social psychology, qualitative research methods, and sociology of gender.
I'm working on several projects, including an interview study of parole commissioners about lifer inmates in California, a paper about hegemonic masculinity and masculine performance in local and regional contexts, and an attempt to more fully understand rights consciousness in criminal procedure. My dissertation focuses primarily on legal consciousness, deviance, and localism in Hawaiian cockfighting. I'm lucky to have a dream team dissertation committee, which comprises Shelley Correll, Becky Sandefur, Karen Cook, Monica McDermott, and Bob Weisberg.
I greatly enjoy both research and teaching, and will soon be seeking a tenure-track position. Ideally, I'd like to work 75 percent in a law school or sociology department and 25 percent in an English or creative writing department. While in my PhD program, I have taught and TA'd several classes at Stanford, including Qualitative Research Methods and The Sociology of Criminal Procedure (which I designed). Additionally, I've moonlighted as an adjunct English professor at Foothill Community College. Before my PhD program, I taught composition and creative writing at Oregon State University, where I received my MFA.
I'm working on several projects, including an interview study of parole commissioners about lifer inmates in California, a paper about hegemonic masculinity and masculine performance in local and regional contexts, and an attempt to more fully understand rights consciousness in criminal procedure. My dissertation focuses primarily on legal consciousness, deviance, and localism in Hawaiian cockfighting. I'm lucky to have a dream team dissertation committee, which comprises Shelley Correll, Becky Sandefur, Karen Cook, Monica McDermott, and Bob Weisberg.
I greatly enjoy both research and teaching, and will soon be seeking a tenure-track position. Ideally, I'd like to work 75 percent in a law school or sociology department and 25 percent in an English or creative writing department. While in my PhD program, I have taught and TA'd several classes at Stanford, including Qualitative Research Methods and The Sociology of Criminal Procedure (which I designed). Additionally, I've moonlighted as an adjunct English professor at Foothill Community College. Before my PhD program, I taught composition and creative writing at Oregon State University, where I received my MFA.
