Projects and Publications
The Human Rights Ramifications of a United Ireland (2025)
Trinity FLAC - Trinity College Dublin & Queen's University, Belfast
With Abigail Donohoe. Supra-National and International Human Rights: Fundamental Notions. The Human Rights Ramifications of a United Ireland. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin FLAC.
Other Projects
Children of War: Investigating Child Indoctrination in the Cambodian Genocide and the Holocaust
In the Spring of 2022, I completed a research paper on the indoctrination of children by perpetrators of genocide, particularly in the Cambodian genocide and the Holocaust, under the instruction of Natalie Bormann as part of a graduate-level comparative genocide studies seminar.
The Geography of the Digital Courtroom: Law, Justice, and the Media in the Age of the Internet
In the Spring of 2021, I completed an undergraduate capstone under the instruction of distinguished legal scholar and Critical Race Theory proponent Patricia J. Williams as part of a special topics seminar entitled Justice and Aesthetics in collaboration with University College London and the London College of Communication.
Second Look Amendment Act
In 2021, I worked in the Special Litigation division at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. There, I worked with lawyers, investigators, mitigation specialists, and community and government partners to interview witnesses, collect evidence, present findings, and create legal defense strategies. I helped work to introduce holistic profiles to the court for re-sentencing hearings which secured the full release of two clients from federal prison.
Ed's Reply Guys
In 2020, I created Ed's Reply Guys (@edsreplyguys), a political digital strategy Twitter account not affiliated with the campaign. It amassed over 6.7 million impressions, raised almost $3k in small dollar donations, collaborated with a local ice cream shop to create a unique ice cream flavor for the campaign, and hosted a virtual fundraiser with the band Wheatus of Teenage Dirtbag fame.
Lincoln Park Zoo ADA Policy
In 2017, I reviewed and updated the official ADA policy for service animals visiting the Lincoln Park Zoo, then compiled a training resource and certification test for zoo staff and volunteers and presented it at multiple town halls to staff at all levels.
Conservation Ambassadors Board
From 2016-2017, I served as the committee chair on the award-winning youth environmental conservation board at Lincoln Park Zoo. Highlights include winning an international contest, presenting at conferences held at Brookfield and St. Louis Zoos, and holding the first bilingual event in the zoo's 150-year history (English and Spanish).
Media Highlights
An ‘Army of 16-Year-Olds’ Takes On the Democrats (The New York Times, 5/19/2021)
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Campaign Managers in State and Local Races Are Often Recent College Graduates (Teen Vogue, 10/28/2020)
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Where Bernie Sanders' online army goes now (Vox, 10/26/2020)
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Ed Markey Beat Joe Kennedy And Thanked Young People For Helping Him Do It (Teen Vogue, 9/2/2020)
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Ed Markey's Stan Army is Taking Politics by Storm (The Verge, 8/31/2020)
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The Memeable Mr. Markey (Mother Jones, 8/26/2020)
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Inside Ed Markey's Unlikely Emergence as an icon to Gen Z Activists (The Hill, 8/22/2020)
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Ed Markey Is the Favorite of Gen Z Voters in the Massachusetts Senate Race (Teen Vogue, 8/14/2020)
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Welcome to the #Markeyverse (Harvard Political Review, 7/31/2020)
Students compete for environmental justice at the Social Impact-athon (The Huntington News, 1/23/2019)
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Boston, Long Led by White Men, Votes in New Guard (The New York Times, 11/6/2019)
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The Girl Talk: Teen Girls Take On The NRA Edition (The Girl Talk, 6/26/2018)
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Young activists rally for gun reform at March for Our Lives Chicago march in Union Park (The Chicago Tribune, 3/24/2018)
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At Rallies, Students With a Different View of Gun Violence: As Urban Reality (The New York Times, 3/24/2018)
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In between study hall and bedtime, local teens plan March for Our Lives Chicago rally (The Chicago Tribune, 3/23/2018)
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2017 Project Polar Bear Contest Winners (Project Polar Bear, 4/26/2017)