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S TANFORD U NIVERSITY (S TANFORD , CA)
B RADLEY F ELLOW , 2013PRESENT
G RADUATE S TUDENT F ELLOW , M C C OY F AMILY C ENTER FOR E THICS IN S OCIETY , 2014-2015
PhD candidate, Political Science
Fields: Political Theory, American Politics
Advisors: Prof. Alison McQueen, Prof. Barry Weingast
C LARE C OLLEGE , U NIVERSITY OF C AMBRIDGE (C AMBRIDGE , UK)
A.G.
L EVENTIS S CHOLAR IN H ELLENIC S TUDIES , 2010-2012
MPhil (coursework), Classics—Ancient History (June 2012)
MPhil, Political Thought and Intellectual History (June 2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Paul Cartledge
U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA
B.A., highest honors in Political Economy and Classics (May 2010)
GPA: 3.946
, B ERKELEY
Advisors: Prof. Scott Bailey, Prof. Alan Karras, Dr. Kim Shelton
R ESEARCH
F IELD P APER IN P OLITICAL T HEORY , S TANFORD U NIVERSITY (M AY 2014)
“M ATERIAL W EALTH , M ORAL C ORRUPTION : R EINTERPRETING THE ‘ PARADOX OF COMMERCIAL SOCIETY ’
IN THE WORKS OF A DAM S MITH .
The view that Adam Smith was a proponent of the free market and also a moral egalitarian has been extensively adopted and adapted along a wide spectrum of Smith scholarship that includes historians, economists, and contemporary liberal political philosophers. In this paper, I clarify interpretations of the “paradox of commercial society”—that is, the existence of material deprivation, inequality, and moral corruption amidst general wealth—in the works of Adam Smith.
In doing so, I also make a conceptual distinction between Smith’s views on equality across his Theory of Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations. Finally, I challenge views of Smith’s alleged egalitarianism by closely examining the plausibility and consistency of Smith’s “solutions” that resolve the tension between moral corruption and material wealth.
M ASTERS D ISSERTATION IN C LASSICS , C AMBRIDGE U NIVERSITY (J UNE 2012)
“R IVALLING P ANHELLENISM : C OMPETITION AND C OMMEMORATION IN A NCIENT G REEK A THLETICS ”
M ASTERS D ISSERTATION IN P OLITICAL T HOUGHT AND I NTELLECTUAL H ISTORY , C AMBRIDGE U NIVERSITY (J UNE 2011)
“P OVERTY , S OCIAL J USTICE , AND THE L EGACY OF P ERICLEAN A THENS IN A NCIENT G REEK P OLITICAL
T HOUGHT .”
H ONORS T HESIS IN P OLITICAL E CONOMY , U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA —B ERKELEY (M AY 2010)
“P OLITICS O N D ISPLAY : P OLITICAL E CONOMY OF THE P UBLIC M USEUM .
S PECIAL E XHIBITIONS AT THE
B RITISH M USEUM , 2000-P RESENT .”
Winner of the Outstanding Thesis Award, International and Area Studies, 2010
W ORK IN P ROGRESS
“D ERIVING ‘G ENERAL P RINCIPLES ’ IN A DAM S MITH : THE UBIQUITY OF EQUILIBRIUM AND COMPARATIVE STATICS
ANALYSIS THROUGHOUT HIS WORKS .” ( CO AUTHORED WITH P ROFESSOR B ARRY R.
W EINGAST )
Research Assistant for Prof. Barry R. Weingast
This paper contributes to the debate over the unity of Adam Smith’s corpus by emphasizing a pervasive methodology, namely, the use of equilibrium and comparative statics arguments in explanations of human behavior. We demonstrate the
Smith’s application of this rhetorical strategy in his works on economics, moral psychology, language, and political economic development. We argue that this method has implications not only for the contents of the so-called “missing second book,” but also for understanding Smith’s unified approach to human behavior in all aspects of life.

“M IRRORS FOR P RINCES AND S ULTANS : A DVICE ON THE A RT OF G OVERNANCE IN THE M EDIEVAL C HRISTIAN
AND I SLAMIC W ORLDS .”
Research Assistant for Prof. Lisa Blaydes, Prof. Alison McQueen, and Prof. Justin Grimmer.
I am compiling an appendix of Islamic and Christian texts belonging to the “Mirrors for Princes” genre from the early medieval period to the 17 th century. Professors Blaydes, McQueen, and Grimmer are conducting text analysis
C ONFERENCE P APERS AND P RESENTATIONS
“A DAM S MITH AND J OHN R AWLS ON THE S ENSE OF J USTICE ”
Berkeley Graduate Conference in British Political Thought, 1500-1800 (October 2014)
“M ATERIAL W EALTH , M ORAL C ORRUPTION : A DAM S MITH AND THE P ARADOX OF C OMMERCIAL S OCIETY ”
Western Political Science Association (April 2014)
“T OWARDS A U NIVERSAL C IVILIZATION ?
T HOMAS P AINE ON P ROPERTY AND P OVERTY ”
Berkeley Graduate Conference in British Political Thought, 1500-1800 (February 2012)
“T HE A RT OF V ICTORY : C OMPETITION AND C OMMEMORATION IN A NCIENT G REEK A THLETICS ”
Online Gallery; collaborative project with the Fitzwilliam Museum and
Museum of Classical Archaeology for MPhil dissertation in Classics, Cambridge University (June 2012)
“P OVERTY , S OCIAL J USTICE , AND THE L EGACY OF P ERICLEAN A THENS IN A NCIENT
G REEK P OLITICAL T HOUGHT ”
Clare College Graduate Research Forum (May 2011)
T EACHING
S TANFORD U NIVERSITY
Teaching Assistant, Justice, with Prof. Han van Wietmarschen (Fall 2014)
Teaching Assistant, Modern Political Thought, with Prof. Alison McQueen (Winter 2014)
Teaching Assistant, Justice, with Prof. Joshua Cohen (Fall 2013)
U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA , B ERKELEY —I NTERNATIONAL AND A REA S TUDIES
Teaching Assistant, Political Economy of Colonialism and Imperialism, with Prof. Scott Bailey (Spring 2010)
Teaching Assistant, Political Economy of Globalization, with Prof. Scott Bailey (Fall 2009)
U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA , B ERKELEY —D EPARTMENT OF P HYSICS
Course Assistant, L&S C21/Phys. 70W, “Physics and Music,” with Prof. Saul Perlmutter (Spring 2008, 2009, 2010)
F
ELLOWSHIPS
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 Graduate Student Fellow, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society (2014-2015)
 Bradley Fellow, The Hoover Institute, Stanford University (2013-Present)
 Vanessa Kong Kerzner Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University (2012-Present)
 A.G. Leventis Scholarship in Hellenic Studies (2010-2012)
 Departmental Citation, Political Economy (May 2010)
 Outstanding Thesis Award, International and Area Studies (May 2010)
 Chair’s Book Prize, Classics (May 2010)
 Rhodes Scholar Finalist (Nov. 2009)
 Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
 Best Delegate award, Oxford University International Model United Nations Conference (Oct. 2008)
 Honorable Mention delegate award, Cambridge University Model UN Conference (Nov. 2008)
 Classics Summer Study Abroad award (June 2008)
 Nemea Center Rockwell Scholarship (June 2007)
 Edward Frank Kraft Award (2007)

U NIVERSITY S ERVICE AND P ROFESSIONAL A CTIVITIES
T HE M C C OY F AMILY C ENTER FOR E THICS IN S OCIETY (S TANFORD , CA)
Graduate student instructor, Hope House Scholars Program (June-July 2014)
 Co-teaching a class on political participation and disenfranchisement in American politics for women at Hope House, a residential rehabilitation center in Redwood City, CA.
S TANFORD P OLITICAL S CIENCE G RADUATE S TUDENT A SSOCIATION (S TANFORD , CA)
Co-President (2014)
 Ran professionalization workshops with faculty and graduate student panels
 Planned, coordinated, and oversaw the departmental graduate student admit weekend in April 2014
C LARE C OLLEGE M IDDLE C OMBINATION R OOM (C AMBRIDGE , UK)
Social Secretary (2011-2012)
 Oversaw the planning and running of Clare College’s graduate student welcome week
 Coordinated all formal hall bookings, collegiate and intercollegiate social events
UC B ERKELEY M ODEL U NITED N ATIONS (B ERKELEY , CA)
Secretary-General (2009-2010), Chair (2007, 2009); Deputy Secretary-General (2008)
D ELTA P HI E PSILON , E PSILON C HAPTER
P ROFESSIONAL F OREIGN S ERVICE AND I NTERNATIONAL A FFAIRS F RATERNITY (B ERKELEY , CA)
Secretary (2007-2008)
L ANGUAGES AND S KILLS
 English (native), Mandarin (speaking only), Spanish (intermediate college level), Ancient Greek (intermediate), Latin
(beginning-intermediate)
 Computing skills: R (basic), Stata (basic), Adobe Photoshop; proficient in Excel, Word, Power Point, Keynote, Pages, LaTex,
Wordpress
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XPERIENCE
H ASSO P LATTNER I NSTITUTE FOR D ESIGN (S TANFORD D .S
CHOOL —S TANFORD , CA)
tour guide (2013-2014)
I lead tours for groups between 20-50 people at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Design (the Stanford d.School). I introduce groups to the design thinking process and how the d.school’s building, students, and teaching philosophy reflect that process.
P HOEBE A.
H EARST M USEUM OF A NTHROPOLOGY (B ERKELEY , CA)
Docent, Gallery Guide (2009-2010)
N EMEA C ENTER FOR C LASSICAL A RCHAEOLOGY (B ERKELEY , CA)
Undergraduate Research Apprentice for Dr. Kim Shelton, Dept. of Classics (2009-2010)
I participated in the excavations of the Bronze Age archaeological site of Petsas House in Mycenae, Greece under the direction of Dr. Kim Shelton in July 2007 and July 2008. In addition to field work, I cleaned, catalogued, and conserved finds for scientific and stylistic pottery analysis at the site museum. During the academic year, I assisted in the organization of
Nemea and Mycenae Excavation archives including digital database and website management and helped organize and prepare materials for lectures and presentations.