I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where I study American and comparative politics. In my research, I employ a broad set of methods—including statistical analysis of original datasets, archival research, case studies, and formal models—to study intergovernmental dynamics, institutional change, representation, resource control, self-determination, sustainability, and Indigenous politics. A majority of my research addresses domestic and Native nations' politics in the United States, with additional projects elsewhere in the Arctic and in Oceania. 

​My research is published in the Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy and has been generously supported by sources such as the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts, the Pozen Center for Human Rights, and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago as well as by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the American Political Science Association. I hold a Master’s in Political Science from the University of Chicago, a Master’s in Politics and Education from Columbia University, and a Bachelor’s in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.