Welcome!

Beginning in September 2026, I will be a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, working under the supervision of Guido Tabellini.

I am a political scientist specializing in political economy and political methodology, with a substantive focus on political institutions, authoritarian regimes and democratization, and political behavior. My solo-authored work appears in Comparative Political Studies.

I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2026. I also hold an M.A. in Political Science from UNC and an M.A. in Russian and East European Studies from Indiana University Bloomington.