I am a Faculty Lecturer in Political Science at McGill University, where I teach courses related to Religion and Politics, American Politics, and Israeli Politics. My research concerns religion, globalization, and democracy both in comparative context and in the United States and Israel. It has appeared in journals including Politics & Religion, Political Studies, and Israel Studies Review. My writing has also appeared in the Washington Post, The Conversation, and the Jewish Daily Forward.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Faculty Lecturer, McGill University
  • 2018–2022
    Instructor of Record, Binghamton University

Education

  • 2022 
    Binghamton University, PhD
  • 2017 
    Binghamton University, M.A.
  • 2015 
    Purchase College, B.A.

Publications

  • 2025
    Globalization and Religious Resurgence: A Comparative Analysis, Politics and Religion
  • 2025
    Defining the Contours of Religion, State, and Modernity, Political Studies
  • 2025
    No Politics Under God: Modeling Kahanist infrastructre in relation to Israeli institutions, Israel Studies Review
  • 2021
    Community, faith, and public violence: A county-level examination of religious institutions and mass public shootings in the United States, Journal of Crime and Justice
  • 2021
    Suicide, Social Capital, and Hate Groups in the United States, World Affairs

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