I'm an assistant professor of political science at Carleton College. My areas of expertise are in political psychology & communication, Congress, parties & polarization, electoral behavior, and urban/rural politics. While I maintain an active research agenda, teaching is my true passion, and I place student mentorship at the center of everything I do as an academic. I teach advanced courses in all areas of American politics, ranging from courses in mass political attitudes & behavior to American political institutions. I also love teaching undergraduate research methods. 

 My work has been published in Perspectives on Politics, Political Psychology, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Electoral Studies, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, and Urban Affairs Review. The thread that unites all of my research is my interest in how people's salient political identities shape their evaluation of government, determine their support for political institutions, and inform their beliefs about their role in the democratic process and American life in an era of extreme partisan polarization. As a result, my work often bridges the critical divide between the study of political behavior and institutions. 

My forthcoming book, America's Two Majorities: How Policy and Identity Shape Democrats and Republicans, will be published by Cambridge University Press in August 2027.