I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

I study the democratic implications of identity, with an emphasis on understanding the psychological mechanisms driving voter behavior.

Broadly speaking, I study how political representation along identity lines affects behavior and attitudes, as well as the causes and consequences of discrimination and bias. In published and working papers, I study the way that identities affect important political and economic outcomes, such as democratic legitimacy, ethnic conflict, discrimination-based welfare deficits, polarization, the dynamics of policymaking, labor market participation, vote choice, and political discourse.

My work is published or forthcoming in American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Political Science Research and Methods, Political Behavior, and Political Psychology.

At Pitt I teach Political Psychology, both an undergraduate and a PhD seminar. I also teach undergraduate seminars on Identity in American Politics and Women in Politics, as well as advanced PhD methods courses on Causal Inference and Behavioral Experiments.