Our Students

Megan Wachspress

Year: 3rd Year Grad Student - JSP

Email: megancw at berkeley dot edu

Education:

MPhil, Political Thought and Intellectual History, University of Cambridge (UK)
BA with Honors, Political Science, University of Chicago
BS with Honors, Mathematics, University of Chicago

Concentrations:

Theories of justice
Theory and history of punishment and prisons
British colonial history
Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence
History of political thought
Critical theory

Awards:

Discovery Fellow, Townsend Center (2007-2010)
Regents Internship, University of California, Berkeley (2007-2009)
Donnelley Exchange Fellowship, University of Chicago/Cambridge (2006-2007)
University Scholar, University of Chicago (2002-2006)

Academic Experiences:

Teaching Assistant, Mathematics, University of Chicago (2003-2006)
Graduate Student Instructor for "Theories of Justice" with Professor Sarah Song, Spring 2008
Instructor, Introduction to Philosophy, Prison University Project (San Quentin Prison), Summer 2009