Hello!

I am an ABD Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at UC Davis, where I study American politics and empirical methodology. My substantive research explores how Americans perceive and respond to policy extremism on some of today’s most contentious culture war issues. My methodological focus considers how we might combine survey methods and machine learning/large language models to advance public opinion research.  I am on the 2025 academic job market!

Currently, I am a 2025-26 Early Career Fellow with APSA's Experimental Research section. Previously, I was a 2024-25 Early Career Fellow with APSA's Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (EPOVB) section.  My research has been supported by multiple funding sources, including the Civic Health and Institutions Project (CHIP50), the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, and the Institute for Humane Studies. I am also affiliated with the UC Center Sacramento where I teach undergraduate research methods, as well as the ICPSR Summer Program, where I TAed the Causal inference I course in 2025.

Before applying to graduate school, I worked in politics professionally for several years. I fundraised for a nationally-recognized Congressional race and worked in Constituent Services for a Congressional District Office. I have lived in various places throughout Northern California, as well as the Washington, D.C. area, rural Colorado, and Reykjavík, Iceland.

In my free time, I enjoy traveling, live music (especially 2000s punk rock and indie), Formula 1 (McLaren fan), writing for fun, and exploring new spots in Sacramento.