WELCOME!​

I am an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School's Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) unit. I was formerly a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows (2020-2023).
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My research examines political extremism, destigmatization, and radicalization, focusing on the role of popularity cues in online media. My related research examines a broad range of threats to democratic governance, including political apathy, exclusionary and ultranationalist attitudes, and misinformation.
 
​My dissertation won APSA's Ernst B. Haas Award for the best dissertation on European Politics. I am currently working on my book project, Engineering Extremism, with generous funding from the William F. Milton Fund at Harvard.

My published work has appeared in the American Political Science Review,  Journal of Democracy,  Governance​,  International Studies Quarterly, Public Administration Review, Public Opinion Quarterly, and the Virginia Journal of International Law, along with an edited volume in Democratization (Oxford University Press). My research has been featured on Deutsche Welle's Inside Europe podcast, KQED/NPR, The Washington Post, The Economic Times, The Conversation, OpenGlobalRights, and Vice News.
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I received my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley in 2020. I was a Predoctoral Research Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University and the Stanford Program on Democracy and the Internet. I hold a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa) from Cornell University and an M.A. (with Distinction) from the University of California, Berkeley.