Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rice University. Previously, I was an assistant professor at the University of Houston and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford.
My research is in comparative party politics, political behavior, and political psychology, with geographic interest in Western democracies. I study the types and effects of information that mass publics are exposed to as well as the psychological mechanisms underlying public opinion and voter behavior.
I am particularly interested in understanding moral messaging from political parties, along with how morality works in voter psychology. You can check out my new book, Shared Morals, for an example of my research on the topic. But in addition to morality and party communication, I also study topics such as societal norms about social issues and media coverage of economic issues. My research on these topics has been published in outlets such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, among others.
I received my PhD from the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. Before graduate school, I studied at Underwood International College of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. I received a BA in Political Science and International Relations with highest honors.