About

I’m a Postdoctoral Associate at the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University. My research centers around the policies and politics of immigrant political incorporation in the United States on a local level. I explore why cities across the country have passed inclusive policies for immigrants and the effects these policies have on immigrants’ political participation and sense of belonging. I use a mixed-methods approach to studying these questions. My work has been published by the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the APSA Centennial Center, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. I hold in PhD in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.

I am committed to producing research that is both rigorous and policy-relevant.  To that end, I have partnered with community organizations and local governments to design research projects, gather data, and disseminate findings. 

Before my academic career, I held several different roles at organizations dedicated to building more inclusive democracies.