I research the politics of American criminalization. My research generally asks the question: “Why does mass criminalization persist?” My empirical work thus far uses interviews and quantitative methods, working with a wide range of data (e.g. administrative, survey, and text data). You can find my full CV here.

Most recently, I collaborated with Kevin Morris to publish a study about the causal effect of police stops on voter turnout in the American Political Science Review. Our paper was featured in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, Bloomberg CityLab, Jacobin, and Bolts.

Works in Progress

Currently, I am collecting interview data for my dissertation, which examines how crime journalists in local print newsrooms discover events, build relationships with sources, and make decisions about newsworthiness.

I also have a manuscript with my colleague Ari Galper regarding causal explanation in sociology in which we defend accounts of ephemeral processes.

My personal research is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.