Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas.

​I study American politics with particular interests in distributive politics, public policy,  and elections. Recent projects have explored the mass feedback effects of New Deal-era public works programs, inequalities in city service delivery and COVID-19 food assistance, and the politics of local education spending. I am currently engaged in research on the effects of state preemption laws on local elections and governance, and on how population size and district geography affect policy representation.

My research has been published in the American Political Science Review and the Journal of Politics, among other outlets, and covered in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
  
​I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA in 2021. Outside of academia, I am an amateur dodgeball player and devoted Swiftie.