I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Purdue University and Co-Director of the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL).
I study American politics and policy, with a focus on quantitative and experimental methods. My research addresses how citizens share information with government and examines the drivers of policymaker and bureaucrat responsiveness to citizen input. Additionally, I devote particular attention to the impacts of emerging technologies on government and society. For example, I consider how technological developments are changing citizen-government contact and explore implications for service provision, misinformation, policing, education, and government use of artificial intelligence.
My research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Politics, Nature Human Behaviour, Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration Review, the Journal of Experimental Political Science, and Public Opinion Quarterly. In addition, my dissertation — The Digital Citizen: The Impact of Technology on Public Participation and Government Responsiveness — won the 2023 Leonard D. White Award for Best Dissertation in the Field of Public Administration by the American Political Science Association.
I received my Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from Emory University and completed a B.A. in Public Policy from Princeton University and an M.Ed. from Fordham University. For the 2022-2023 academic year, I was a Postdoctoral Associate with the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. Previously, I worked in K-12 education as a teacher and as a school administrator focused on curriculum design, assessment, and educational data use.
My CV is available here, and my contact information can be found here.