Welcome!

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan. Beginning Fall 2019, I will be an Assistant Professor of Government at the College of William & Mary. I earned my PhD and MA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and my BA in Economics from Vassar College.

​My research examines authoritarian politics through a judicial lens. I specifically focus on the role courts play in autocratic survival. My research utilizes a mixed-methods approach, combining statistical modeling, structured case studies, and computational text analysis. 
I have conducted archival research in London, United Kingdom and fieldwork in Malawi.

​My research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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