Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Auburn University at Montgomery. Prior to that, I was a Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University's Social Science Research Institute.  My research interests include American government at both the national and state levels, public policy and administration, and methodology. My dissertation looks at the politics and policy consequences of public-employee pensions. I completed my PhD in Spring 2016 at The Charles & Louise Travers Department of Political Science at The University of California, Berkeley.