I am a PhD candidate in Political Science at Stanford University. My research lies at the intersection of elections, campaign finance, participation, and representation within American states and municipalities. Methodologically, my research frequently involves the collection and processing of administrative data in tandem with careful descriptive work and causal inference. My dissertation is about campaign finance in the United States. Beginning fall 2025, I will be an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University.

My work is published in the American Political Science Review and Science Advances. I am grateful to be supported by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Stanford Graduate Fellowship. In AY 2024-2025, I am a Dissertation Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences and an Ely  Graduate Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. 

I completed my BS in Economics and Statistics and BA in Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Before pursing a PhD, I worked in actuarial consulting. In my spare time, I can be found exploring the American West, rock climbing, hanging out with my polydactyl cat named Natalie, and quoting zingers from early seasons of The Simpsons. 

I can be reached at [firstname] @stanford.edu 

My CV can be found here.