| Personal Description |
I'm currently a graduate student in the Political Science department at UCLA. When I'm not working on my dissertation on the causes of corruption in ancient and modern republics, I spend most of my time developing games for my game company - Evertide Games. It's quite a shoestring startup at this point. But, I have high hopes for it.
I'm also currently organizing a Game Developer's Club at UCLA to help other students like myself develop contacts and experience in the game industry. And, I like to frequent business school events. After joining the Entrepreneur Association last year, it's been quite fun to hang out with the folks in the business school and watch the excitement of people with so much to do and so little time to do it in.
I guess that I've become kind of like that at this point. But, I'll always make time for a good conversation with my friends. I'm curious and talkative, probably to a fault. I thirst for knowledge, and most of the times it's too much for most people to take. So, I try to keep my spirit as kind and friendly as possible, and warn people to just tell me to shut up whenever they need to go. |
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| Research |
My academic research examines the political impact of remarkable individuals upon republican forms of government in major texts of political theory. In my project, I draw upon classic works in the field of republican political thought in order to explore the role that prominent individuals can play in founding, administering or reforming republican governments. Republican thought has long held that all governments are prone to corruption of their original constitution over time. However, the foundation of early American Political Thought is built upon an idea that a government can be capable of self-regulation through proper institutional design. In my dissertation, I examine the capacity for political institutions to self-correct to avoid constitutional corruption. I also examine the role that individual action can (and must) play in renewing the constitutional integrity of a republic. of a republican constitution. |
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| Organizations |
Evertide Games - My Startup Game Company
UCLAGDC - Game Developers Club at UCLA
EA - Entrepreneur Association at Anderson School of Business
Ethos - Political Theory Reading Group
Enigma - Scifi, Fantasy, Gaming Group
Polisci Dept - Political Science Department at UCLA |
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I grew up in the suburban towns of Briarcliff Manor, NY and New Canaan, CT - each about an hour's train-ride from New York City. I went to college at Cornell University, where I majored in Government. My parents and family live on the East Coast, but I have friends from all over the country. I came out to California for my graduate program and I have been living in L.A. for the last five years.
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