Shawn Fraistat

Shawn Fraistat is a Senior Software Engineer at Etsy since May 2019, previously holding roles as a Software Engineer. In addition to technical experience, Shawn has been a Visiting Scholar at Brown University since September 2016, conducting research and teaching courses on American Political Thought. Prior academic roles include Lecturer positions at the University of New Hampshire, Quinnipiac University, Yale University, and Brown University. Shawn's educational background includes a PhD, MPhil, and MA in Political Science from Yale University, an MSc in Political Theory from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA/BS in Government and Politics and Philosophy from the University of Maryland. Shawn also completed a Web Development Immersive program at General Assembly in 2018, creating several full-stack web applications.