Curriculum Vitae

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Education

2023 – 2028
Washington University in St. Louis

Ph.D., Political Science

Subfields: American Politics and Political Methodology

2025
Washington University in St. Louis

M.A., Political Science

2023
George Mason University

B.S., Public Administration

Magna Cum Laude

Recipient of John W. Godbold Award for Most Outstanding Senior in Public Administration

Research Interests

American Politics: Political Communication, Populism, Congress, Elections
Political Methodology: Text-as-Data / Natural Language Processing, Causal Inference, Computational Social Science

Working Papers

  • The Electoral Cycle of Populist Rhetoric in Congress
    Winner, Pi Sigma Alpha Best Undergraduate Paper Award, 2023 MPSA Conference

Conference Presentations

  • Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference: 2022, 2023, 2024
  • American Political Science Association Annual Conference: 2023, 2024

Teaching Experience

Summer 2025
Lead Instructor, Social Data Analysis in R

Washington University Summer Training Experience in Political Science (WUSTEPS)

Fall 2024, Fall 2025
Assistant in Instruction, Introduction to American Politics

Washington University in St. Louis

Spring 2025
Assistant in Instruction, The Legislative Process

Washington University in St. Louis

Spring 2026
Assistant in Instruction, American Politics Over Space and Time

Washington University in St. Louis

Relevant Experience

Mar 2021 – May 2023
Research Assistant to Dr. Jennifer Nicoll Victor

George Mason University

May – Aug 2021
Research Intern

OpenSecrets

Skills & Software

Statistics: Causal Inference, Machine Learning, Text-as-Data, Bayesian Inference
Programming: R
Survey Design: Qualtrics
Other: LaTeX, R Markdown, Quarto, Zotero, Git/GitHub

Service

  • Graduate Coordinator and R Programming Instructor, Washington University PhD Pipeline Program

Languages

English: Native
Spanish: Working proficiency

Grants & Awards

  • Pi Sigma Alpha Best Undergraduate Paper Presented in a Poster Format at the 2023 MPSA Conference — April 2024 ($250)
  • John W. Godbold Award for Most Outstanding Senior in Public Administration — May 2023 ($500)
  • George Mason University OSCAR Conference Travel Grant — April 2023 ($600)
  • Schar School of Policy and Government Conference Travel Grant — April 2023 ($800)
  • Best Poster, Schar School of Policy and Government Undergraduate Research Fair — April 2023
  • George Mason University OSCAR Conference Travel Grant — April 2022 ($600)
  • Schar School of Policy and Government Conference Travel Grant — April 2022 ($800)

References

Available upon request.