

Liz Cheney’s book offers new insights on January 6th and her Republican colleagues, but stops short of discussing her party’s existential crisis.
Everything old is new again, even infectious diseases! This week we take a look at the health of American global security and the American public through measles in Texas, TB in Kansas, and Dysentery in Oregon.
A national abortion ban, my new podcast, and maybe we have a 28th Amendment?
Elon Musk’s sweet Tweets, violence against women, and coercive control. What to expect in reproductive politics in the new year.
What does it mean that Worcester Police Department knew for over a decade that their officers were repeatedly raping homeless women? What does it mean WPD leadership trained in Israel with police known for using excessive violence?
It means that training alone won’t fix it because it’s not just a “few bad apples” destroying the bunch.
My research cuts across health, law, and policy fields. At the moment, I’m turning my dissertation (on people’s childbirth experiences) into a book, and working with a student to explore the role of constitutional identity in US political culture. Projects
Teaching is my first love. Here you’ll find some ways I gamify my courses to keep students engaged and my favorite resources for reaching public law and American Politics and policy.
Based on my dissertation and in preparation for a book, Birthzillas: The Podcast will center birth stories and what they can teach us about birth culture and maternal health in the United States.
Updates on my work, what I’m reading, and other thoughts.
Travels with Charley. The Story we still need.