Political Development: Canada and the United States
Awards & Grants
Andrew Mellon Fellowship, Cornell University, 1997-1998
University College Meritorious Service Award
J. Michael Keyes Award for Best Essay in "Politics and Mortality", University of Toronto, 1996
McGill Graduate Fellowship, 2000
Teaching Interests
Classic Texts in Political Theory I
The American Political Process
Publications
"Aboriginal Rights in Canada and the United States: Does Constitutional Language Matter?" @American Political Science Association Meeting, August 2008. Boston, Massachusetts.
"Law and Economic Regulation in 19th Century Canada and the United States." @American Political Science Association Meeting, September 2009, Toronto.
"The New Deal and the Demise of Judicial Consensus." American Political Science Association Meeting, September 2001. San Francisco, California.
"Canadian Federal Courts and the Judicialization of Environmental Policy." Southern Political Science Association Meeting, April 2002 New Orleans, Lousiana.
The Limits of Political Jurisprudence. Book manuscript accepted for publication at LFB Scholarly Press, January 2010.