Hello! My research agenda examines political and politicized workplaces, studying how identity and ideology shape who enters them, how people work, and what they can achieve together. My scholarship is published in the American Political Science Review, Political Behavior, the Journal of Public Economic Theory, and has been featured in major media outlets including FiveThirtyEight / ABC News, The Atlantic, and The New York Times.

At UC Berkeley, I teach classes on elite political behavior, organizations, and American politics.

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Do Government Benefits Affect Officeholders’ Electoral Fortunes? Evidence from State Earned Income Tax Credits. 2025. Joint with Jesse Yoder. American Political Science Review. [Replication Data]

• Americans’ Attitudes toward Federalism. 2024. Joint with Jon Rogowski. Political Behavior. [Replication Data]

• Redistribution under General Decision Rules. 2022. Joint with Giri Parameswaran. Journal of Public Economic Theory.

Selected Ongoing Research

• The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception. Joint with Lauren D. Davenport and Hakeem Jefferson. Conditional Accept, Perspectives on Politics.

• How Crisis Reshapes Government Talent. Joint with Jacob Brown and Maria Silfa. Revise & Resubmit, American Political Science Review.

• Do Political Shocks Alter Bureaucratic Behavior? Evidence from College Admissions Officers After the Affirmative Action Ban. Joint with Jacob Brown and Hanno Hilbig. Revise & Resubmit, Perspectives on Politics.

• Bound Together: Racial Peer Effects and Caucus Control in the U.S. Congress.

• Decomposing Cohesion Among Legislative Groups. Draft Available Upon Request.

• The Limits of Pay in Attracting and Cultivating Government Talent. Joint with Maria Silfa.