PUBLICATIONS
"Theorizing Employment Division v. Smith: The Affective Politics of the Legal Regulation of Religion," peer-reviewed and accepted for publication in Law, Culture, and the Humanities (forthcoming 2017). Article can be accessed via OnlineFirst.
"Unframing the Death Penalty: Transatlantic Discourses on Capital Punishment and the Execution of Saddam Hussein," in Is the Death Penalty Dying? American and European Perspectives, eds. Austin Sarat and Jürgen Martschukat (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 126-149.
"Unframing the Death Penalty: Transatlantic Discourses on Capital Punishment and the Execution of Saddam Hussein," in Is the Death Penalty Dying? American and European Perspectives, eds. Austin Sarat and Jürgen Martschukat (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 126-149.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
"The 'Remainders' of Public Reason" (prepared for journal submission, August 2017).
"The Baker, the Butcher, and the Candlestick Maker: Neoliberal Ideologies and the Commitments of Faith after Hobby Lobby" (prepared for journal submission, October 2017).
"Can Religious Freedom be Civil Disobedience?" (working paper).
"The Baker, the Butcher, and the Candlestick Maker: Neoliberal Ideologies and the Commitments of Faith after Hobby Lobby" (prepared for journal submission, October 2017).
"Can Religious Freedom be Civil Disobedience?" (working paper).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & INVITED LECTURES
Presentation, American Political Science Association. "Subject to the Law: Native Faith and the Power of Reasonable Accommodation." San Francisco, CA. September 2017.
Presentation, Association for Political Theory. "Theorizing Employment Division v. Smith." Columbus, OH. October 2016.
Discussant and Chair, American Political Science Association. "Rights Claims, Religion, and the Law." Philadelphia, PA. September 2016.
Presentation, American Political Science Association. "Reason, the Law, and the Affective Politics of Religious Accommodation." Philadelphia, PA. September 2016.
Presentation, Western Political Science Association. "Of Justices and Gods: Religion, Subjectivity, and the Law." San Diego, CA. March 2016.
Presentation, Association for Political Theory. “The (Dis)Enchantment of Reason: Reading Locke and Habermas in a Post-Secular Age.” Boulder, CO. October 2015.
Invited Presentation from Alessandro Ferrara, Prague Colloquium for Philosophy and Social Sciences. “Locke, Habermas, and the Problem of Reason.” Prague, Czech Republic. May 2015.
Presentation, Freedom of (and from) Religion: Debates over Accommodation of Religion in the Public Sphere. “The (Dis)Enchantment of Religious Freedom.” Santa Barbara, CA. April 2015.
Invited Lecture for course on Theories of Justice, Sarah Song, Instructor. “Marxism and Critical Theory.” University of California, Berkeley. April 2015.
Presentation, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “Jürgen Habermas and the ‘Remainders’ of Public Reason.” Washington, D.C. March 2015.
Presentation, American Political Science Association. “Adjudicating Faith: Tests of Religious Sincerity and the Elusive Promise of Accommodation in Late Secular Liberalism.” Washington, D.C. August 2014.
Invited Lecture for course on Immigration and Citizenship, Leti Volpp, Instructor. “Race, Religion, and Deportation.” University of California, Berkeley. June 2014.
Presentation, Western Political Science Association. “Locating the Secular in the Post-Secular: Habermas and the Power of Reason.” Seattle, WA. April 2014.
Presentation, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “John Locke’s Reason: Or, Parsing the Power of the Secular.” Charlottesville, VA. March 2014.
Invited Lecture for course on Feminist Jurisprudence, Kathryn Abrams, Instructor. “Religious Dress, Liberal Equality, and Feminism.” University of California, Berkeley. February 2014.
Presentation, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “The Post-Secular Subject? Faith and the Constitutive Power of Reason in Late Liberalism.” London, United Kingdom. March 2013.
Panel Organizer, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “The Altered Self: Rethinking the Liberal Subject through Discourses of Authenticity, Secularism, and Feminism.” London, United Kingdom. March 2013.
Discussant, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “An Existential Crisis for Secular Liberalism (Part II).” London, United Kingdom. March 2013.
Presentation, Law and Society Association. “Secular Immigration? Religious Dress and Transnational Mobility in Modern Europe.” Honolulu, HI. June 2012.
Presentation, Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism. “Secular Bodies: The Politics of Gender Equality, Subjectivity, and Religious Dress in Late Liberalism.” London, United Kingdom. February 2012.
Presentation, Law and Society Association. “Possibilities of Non-Western Belonging: European Discourses on Religion, Rationality, and Community in the Age of Mobility and Terror.” San Francisco, CA. June 2011.
Panel Organizer, Law and Society Association. “Faith, Law, and Politics: Liminal Encounters between the Secular and the Religious in Western Liberal Democracies.” San Francisco, CA. June 2011.
Discussant, Law and Society Association. “Secularism as a Constitutional Problem.” San Francisco, CA. June 2011.
Presentation, Midwestern Political Science Association. “Injuries, Boundaries, and Identities: Late Liberalism’s Troubled Obligations During the War on Terror.” Chicago, IL. March 2011.
Presentation, Law and Society Association. “The Barbaric Spectacle: European Discourses on Capital Punishment and the Execution of Saddam Hussein.” Denver, CO. June 2009.
Presentation, Association for Political Theory. "Theorizing Employment Division v. Smith." Columbus, OH. October 2016.
Discussant and Chair, American Political Science Association. "Rights Claims, Religion, and the Law." Philadelphia, PA. September 2016.
Presentation, American Political Science Association. "Reason, the Law, and the Affective Politics of Religious Accommodation." Philadelphia, PA. September 2016.
Presentation, Western Political Science Association. "Of Justices and Gods: Religion, Subjectivity, and the Law." San Diego, CA. March 2016.
Presentation, Association for Political Theory. “The (Dis)Enchantment of Reason: Reading Locke and Habermas in a Post-Secular Age.” Boulder, CO. October 2015.
Invited Presentation from Alessandro Ferrara, Prague Colloquium for Philosophy and Social Sciences. “Locke, Habermas, and the Problem of Reason.” Prague, Czech Republic. May 2015.
Presentation, Freedom of (and from) Religion: Debates over Accommodation of Religion in the Public Sphere. “The (Dis)Enchantment of Religious Freedom.” Santa Barbara, CA. April 2015.
Invited Lecture for course on Theories of Justice, Sarah Song, Instructor. “Marxism and Critical Theory.” University of California, Berkeley. April 2015.
Presentation, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “Jürgen Habermas and the ‘Remainders’ of Public Reason.” Washington, D.C. March 2015.
Presentation, American Political Science Association. “Adjudicating Faith: Tests of Religious Sincerity and the Elusive Promise of Accommodation in Late Secular Liberalism.” Washington, D.C. August 2014.
Invited Lecture for course on Immigration and Citizenship, Leti Volpp, Instructor. “Race, Religion, and Deportation.” University of California, Berkeley. June 2014.
Presentation, Western Political Science Association. “Locating the Secular in the Post-Secular: Habermas and the Power of Reason.” Seattle, WA. April 2014.
Presentation, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “John Locke’s Reason: Or, Parsing the Power of the Secular.” Charlottesville, VA. March 2014.
Invited Lecture for course on Feminist Jurisprudence, Kathryn Abrams, Instructor. “Religious Dress, Liberal Equality, and Feminism.” University of California, Berkeley. February 2014.
Presentation, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “The Post-Secular Subject? Faith and the Constitutive Power of Reason in Late Liberalism.” London, United Kingdom. March 2013.
Panel Organizer, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “The Altered Self: Rethinking the Liberal Subject through Discourses of Authenticity, Secularism, and Feminism.” London, United Kingdom. March 2013.
Discussant, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. “An Existential Crisis for Secular Liberalism (Part II).” London, United Kingdom. March 2013.
Presentation, Law and Society Association. “Secular Immigration? Religious Dress and Transnational Mobility in Modern Europe.” Honolulu, HI. June 2012.
Presentation, Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism. “Secular Bodies: The Politics of Gender Equality, Subjectivity, and Religious Dress in Late Liberalism.” London, United Kingdom. February 2012.
Presentation, Law and Society Association. “Possibilities of Non-Western Belonging: European Discourses on Religion, Rationality, and Community in the Age of Mobility and Terror.” San Francisco, CA. June 2011.
Panel Organizer, Law and Society Association. “Faith, Law, and Politics: Liminal Encounters between the Secular and the Religious in Western Liberal Democracies.” San Francisco, CA. June 2011.
Discussant, Law and Society Association. “Secularism as a Constitutional Problem.” San Francisco, CA. June 2011.
Presentation, Midwestern Political Science Association. “Injuries, Boundaries, and Identities: Late Liberalism’s Troubled Obligations During the War on Terror.” Chicago, IL. March 2011.
Presentation, Law and Society Association. “The Barbaric Spectacle: European Discourses on Capital Punishment and the Execution of Saddam Hussein.” Denver, CO. June 2009.