I am the Klemens von Klemperer Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College. I completed my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in July 2026. My research and teaching focus on the interrelated topics of pluralism, authority, legitimacy, and citizenship, with a distinct emphasis on comparative political thought. 

You can get in touch with me at shastakaul@gmail.com or at skaul@bard.edu.