I am a Teaching Assistant Professor at the Department of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University. I received my PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois. 

I am a political psychologist studying how individuals judge who deserves the rights of citizenship: the right to vote, the right to free speech, and access to public services. As the scope of democratic inclusion gets debated, I study the psychological processes that drive how people make these judgments.

I teach courses including Political Psychology, Immigration and Citizenship, and The Right to Vote in the US.

Here is my CV