Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. I am also the Assistant Director of UNT's ImpactLab for Applied Social Science Research. 

I study American politics with a focus on public policy, representation, and elections. More specifically, my research examines the relationship between government and the governed: the distribution and consequences of public policy, whether public officials are responsive to the people they represent, and how voters evaluate government performance.

My work has been published in the American Political Science Review and the Journal of Politics, among other outlets. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA. I am a devoted Swiftie.