I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Center for Social Media and Politics at NYU. I received my Ph.D. in political science from Emory University in 2020.
My research agenda centers around how American political elites, such as candidates for office or interest groups, publicly communicate, with a focus on their use of new technologies like social media.
I am working on a book project about why congressional campaigns use Twitter, and why they have remained in the platform’s transition to X .
My work has been published in Electoral Studies, Social Media + Society, Congress Reconsidered, PS: Political Science & Politics, the Journal of Law & Courts, the Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy, and the Journal of Quantitative Description.
I am a RYT-200 and enjoy baking, true crime, super hero movies, and political podcasts.
