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I am interested in core questions about jurisprudence and political ethics. My work mainly focuses on justifying political authority by grounding state authority in how governments facilitate ways for citizens to uphold their rights using accountability mechanisms like constitutional rights claims in courts or the deliberative democracy process. I am also interested in topics about how material wealth ought to be distributed in society, labour ethics, and our understanding of what the law is.

Summer (she/her) is a Masters student in Philosophy at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´, specializing in the Political and Legal Thought (PLT) program. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, where she served as a fellow at the Centre for Ethics in the Race, Ethics, and Power project.

Her research interests include: Black political thought, philosophy of law, critical social theory, and aesthetics, and her work investigates how notions of legality and legitimacy shape our social world, inform our ideas of belonging, and mediate our discourses on racial harm and communal responsibility.

Outside of philosophy, she enjoys baking, listening to new music, and spending time with friends and family.