About

I am a writer, attorney, and journalist in Washington, D.C. My work consists primarily of legal scholarship (elections, media, and constitutional law) and short fiction (sci-fi and fantasy). Occasionally, I write other things. This website displays my recent publications.

Academic Publications

• The Anti-Licensure Principle of American Journalism, 20 Drexel L. Rev. (forthcoming fall 2027).

• Press Protection as Anticorruption, 13 Tex. A&M L. Rev. Arguendo 62 (2026). [perma link]

• Political Centralization in the Asimovian Canon, SFRA Rev., Spring 2025, at 55. [perma link]

• Gubernatorial Influence in Merit-Based Judicial Selection: Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado, 2012–2021, 88 Mo. L. Rev. 107 (2023). [perma link]

• The Power of Attorneys: Addressing the Equal Protection Challenge to Merit-Based Judicial Selection, 89 U. Chi. L. Rev. 253 (2022). [perma link]

• Does Chiafalo v. Washington Bolster the Case for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact? Not So Fast., U. Chi. L. Rev. Online (Oct. 27, 2021). [perma link]

Fiction Publications

• The Quill and the Claw, Zooscape (forthcoming winter 2027).

• Broken Bird, The Lorelei Signal (July 5, 2026). [perma link]

• Training of the Guard, Academy of the Heart and Mind (Sept. 15, 2025). [perma link]

• Between Two Lions, Black Cat Weekly #209 (Aug. 31, 2025). [perma link]

• Murder in the Wind, Bewildering Stories #1048 (June 10, 2024). [perma links: part 1, part 2, part 3]

• The Utopian’s Edict, or: Ignorantia Juris, Sci Phi Journal (Sept. 28, 2023). [perma link]

Journalism & Communications Publications

Maryland Daily Record:

• MD Judiciary pilots online dispute resolution, but future unclear, Daily Record (Aug. 24, 2026). [perma link]

• 100% clean electricity by 2035: Can MD meet climate goals?, Daily Record (June 17, 2026). [perma link]

Past Outlets:

• Missouri Senate (various videos and articles from Nov. 2017 to July 2019) (sample 1, sample 2).

• Still Magazine (3 articles in fall/winter 2017 issue).

• KOMU 8 News (100+ articles from Oct. 2015 to May 2017).

• Columbia Missourian (20+ articles from Jan. 2016 to May 2016).

• University of Missouri (various videos from Aug. 2013 to Dec. 2015) (sample 1, sample 2).

• Kirksville Daily Express (9 articles in June 2015).

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