I’m a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Columbia University, studying partisanship and polarization in American politics. In my dissertation, I examine the implications of affective polarization among politicians for representation and governance. I am on the academic job market.

My dissertation is supported by the Russell Sage Foundation, the Rapoport Family Foundation, the Eisenhower Institute, and the Center for Effective Lawmaking. My research is published in American Politics Research and the Journal of Social Computing.

In other work, I study the origins of factional conflict in the American electorate. I also have research interests in political methodology: throughout my work, I apply machine learning, natural language processing, Bayesian statistics, and causal inference techniques to the study of polarization and intra-party conflict.

I graduated from Duke University in 2019, where I majored in political science and German. In my free time, I play guitar, piano, bass, and sing.