I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Economy and Society at Johns Hopkins University. I study American politics, with focuses on political economy,  public policy, and the historical causes and consequences of racial, economic, gendered, and place-based inequalities. Among other projects, I am working on a book that examines the political development of the health care workforce in the United States. 

With Suzanne Mettler, I am co-author of Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy (Princeton University Press, forthcoming Sept. 2025). 

Before coming to JHU, I earned a PhD in Government (Political Science) from Cornell University, as well a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science (Distinction and Honors) and English Literature from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH, my hometown.  

In Fall 2026, I will join the University of Oregon's Department of Political Science as Assistant Professor of Inequality. 

My CV is here and email here.

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