I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. My research interests include American politics and quantitative methodology, with an emphasis on developing novel empirical approaches to understanding the political behavior of racial and ethnic minorities.

I am an expert in Black politics, and my research examines how social and environmental factors shape the political attitudes and behaviors of Black citizens and Black political elites. My first book project, In the Thick of It: Cultural Immersion and Political Learning in Black America, reconceptualizes Black political attitude formation and introduces a novel concept and measure for understanding how Black social networks, institutions, and cultural spaces shape political attitudes. My second, co-authored book project, Sistas On the Rise: Black Women in the Congressional Black Caucus, examines how Black women’s increased presence in the Congressional Black Caucus has shaped its organizational structure and functions, legislative agenda, and representation of Black interests.

My research has been published in Political Communication, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Politics & Gender, and Politics, Groups, and Identities. My work has received several awards and honors, including the 2026 APSA Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section Best Paper Award and the 2026 ASBWP Mae C. King Distinguished Paper Award on Women, Gender, and Black Politics. I am also a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow and was a 2024–2025 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA.

I received my PhD in Political Science from Rutgers University–New Brunswick, where I received the 2024 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. Before Rutgers, I graduated cum laude from Beloit College with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Media Studies.