APPOINTMENTS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Democratic theory and democratization
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Examining empirical assumptions made by competing branches of democratic theory.
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Explaining democratic deepening and decay
2017 - 2018
Washington University in St. Louis
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Political Behavior/Public Opinion
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Analyzing how political institutions, economic factors, and cultural change interact to shape individual attitudes and political choices.
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Using political psychological concepts (e.g. anxiety, efficacy)
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Specific topics of interest include regime support, populism, and prejudice.
PhD
University of Texas at Austin, 2016
Department of Government
Subfields: Comparative Politics and Methodology
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Dissertation title: Beyond the balance sheet: participation, performance, and regime support in Latin America
Committee: Kurt Weyland (Chair), Wendy Hunter, Raul Madrid, Zachary Elkins, Pamela Paxton.
EDUCATION
2016 - 2017
Boise State University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Political psychology
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My work focuses on the role of efficacy and anxiety in play in shaping political ideas and behavior.
Political economy and culture
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Analyzing how growing economic insecurity has intensified the cultural backlash that animates populist movements in the developed world.
Research methods
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Employing mixed-methods approaches, utilizing qualitative methods and advanced quantitative techniques.
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​Methodological specialties:
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Experiments
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Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
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Multilevel models
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Conceptualization and measurement
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Juan Linz Award for Best Dissertation (Honorable Mention)
Comparative Democratization Section, the American Political Science Association
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Student Fellowship
Funding for study in Chile, 2012 - 2013 academic year
Jorge I. Domínguez Dissertation Award
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies,
Harvard University
2018 - present
Clemson University
Assistant Professor