I am an assistant professor of political science at
UCLA studying American politics and political methodology. I study how the rules governing elections affect who participates, who wins, and ultimately the policies governments choose. I collect new data on elections and electoral institutions which I combine with large administrative datasets on government behavior. I then use modern empirical techniques for causal inference to study how electoral institutions shape election outcomes and public policy. Prior to joining UCLA, I received a PhD in political science from
Stanford in 2020 and a Master of Public Policy degree from
UC Berkeley in 2014.