Spring 2024 Office Hours:
Zoom & In-Person Aptos, room 408C: M/W, 11:00am - 11:25am & T/TH, 1:00 - 2:30pm;
Zoom & In-Person Watsonville, room A150: M/W, 2:10pm - 3:00pm;
Available via Zoom at alternative times by appointment
Office Hours Zoom link can be found on our course homepage on Canvas
Pronouns: he/him
B.A. in Political Science and Latin American Studies, University of Arkansas
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of New Mexico
With Cabrillo College since 2014
I teach courses on International Relations, Comparative Politics, and American Government.
My greatest passion is working to understand current and historical efforts to deepen democracy. In other words, I'm really interested in the work people in all walks of life do to make the institutions of democracy more equitable, inclusive and participatory.
Community colleges like Cabrillo are among the most important institutions working to deepen democracy in the US today. I'm privileged to be a part of that work and to get to share my passion with students for a living.
My research background focuses on the comparative analysis of Latin American politics, especially interactions between civil society and the state over questions of human rights and the health of democracy.