Welcome! I am an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Merced. My research is in comparative politics, political economy, and political-economic development/history. I direct the Political Economy of Agriculture and Rural Societies (PEARS) lab, which focuses on projects using remote-sensing and machine learning. I received my PhD in political science from Harvard University and have been a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. I am also affiliated with IGCC and CAPE. Here is my CV.