I am an Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies in the Department of Political Science at UMass Amherst, where I am also a core faculty member in the Data Analytics & Computational Social Program as well as a faculty affiliate of the Computational Social Science Institute.

I received my Ph.D. in political science from Penn State University. Broadly, I am interested in the study of courts and public policy, the separation of powers, judicial behavior, agenda-setting, and political methodology. On this site, you can find more information on my current research, my prior publications, and my current and prior courses.