I am a political theorist and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University. I write on issues in political ethics and democratic theory, with a special interest in the relationship between institutional norms and political morality. My dissertation, “A Theory of Gamesmanship,” develops a novel theory of the normativity of the rules regulating democratic competition. The project engages with perennial issues in jurisprudence, liberal democratic theory, and American constitutionalism.
Previously, I worked in science policy and professional ethics in the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights & Law Program in Washington, D.C. Additionally, I taught high school English in Memphis, TN as a Teach for America corps member. I hold a B.A. in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy from James Madison College at Michigan State University (2011).
Contact
palmiter@g.harvard.edu
My Website
1737 Cambridge Street
Subfields
Political Thought and its History | American Politics
Academic Interests
Ancient and Medieval Political Thought | Democracy | Ethics | Health Policy and Bioethics | Institutions | Judiciary and Public Law | Modern and Contemporary Political Thought | Technology & Governance
Research Methods
Historical Methods | Normative Political Thought