
Theodore Becker-Jacob

Theodore Becker-Jacob
I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy at Princeton University. In AY 2025-2026, I will be a Graduate Prize Fellow at Princeton's University Center for Human Values.
I am interested in political philosophy and like using interdisciplinary methodologies, including formal modeling and archival research.
My dissertation is on social power and democratic theory.
I have additional interests in the history of Africana philosophy, game and social choice theory, and the philosophy of artificial intelligence.
My dissertation committee members are Philip Pettit, Lara Buchak, Lidal Dror, and Hendrik Lorenz.
Before coming to Princeton, I received a B.A. in Philosophy at Stanford University and an M.A. in Logic and Philosophy of Science at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU Munich).
Upcoming talks
“Race, Culture, and the Unnatural State: Edward Wilmot Blyden's Natural Law Theory,” Association for Global Political Thought Annual Conference, American University, April 26, 2025