I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. My main research and teaching interests include political parties, immigration politics and policy, Congress, the presidency, American political development, and mixed-methods research. 

I am working on a book-length dissertation research project on the sources of change over time in the Republican Party on the issue of immigration since the 1960s. I do archival research, interviews with policymakers, and quantitative analysis of institutional data, including congressional roll call voting, bill sponsorship and cosponsorship, and floor speeches. My archival research has been supported by the Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential Studies from the LBJ Foundation ($5,000), the Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections Research Fellowship from the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics ($4,000), and the Abba P. Schwartz Research Fellowship from the JFK Library Foundation ($1,350), among other competitive grants. 

I am the co-author of working papers 1) with Daniel J. Galvin and Chloe Thurston on policy feedback and the Democratic Party and 2) with Jaye Seawright and Arne Holverscheid on networks among right-wing populist heads of state around the world. 

I was the Editorial Assistant in American Politics at Perspectives on Politics from 2023-2026. I have worked as a Teaching Assistant for Introduction to American Government and Politics and Congress and the Legislative Process.

I received my BA from Williams College in 2021, where I earned highest honors for my senior thesis on the 2020 Democratic presidential primary and won the Charles W. Hufford Prize for excellence as a Teaching Assistant.