I received my PhD in Political Science at the University of California, Riverside in 2022 and am currently an Instructional Assistant Professor at Chapman University.

My research areas of interest are two-fold: comparative politics and mass political behavior.

Within comparative politics, I am interested in elections and political parties. This includes understanding the strategies political parties use to get elected, as well as why people vote for specific candidates or parties. Much of this is within the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Within mass political behavior, I am interested in health politics, although especially focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, racial disparities in health policies, and the politics of health crises.

I have published my work in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Swiss Political Science Review, Politics of the Low Countries, and Journal of the National Medical Association. I have also presented my work at several conferences, including the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, and the Southern Political Science Association. In addition, I have presented at conferences hosted by the University of Montréal in Canada, and Waseda University in Japan.

I have several years of teaching experience as the instructor of record at the university-level. This includes teaching courses in-person at the University of California, Riverside as an Associate Instructor, and as a Lecturer at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Chapman University, and the University of Redlands. I have also taught online for the Myanmar University of Social Science and Technology. Courses I have taught include classes on Comparative Politics (“Introduction to Comparative Politics,” “Political Consequences of Electoral Institutions”), American Politics (“Constitutional Law: Fundamental Freedoms,” “Constitutional Law: Criminal Justice”), Mass Political Behavior (“Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States”), and International Relations (“Introduction to International Relations,” “American Foreign Policy since WWII,” “Conflict Resolution”).