Welcome to my website. I am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.
My research seeks to explain how policies that change geographic space change American politics, and my broader research interests encompass American political development, public policy, political geography, and political methodology. My ongoing book project, The Road to Division: How the American Highway System Sorts Voters and Polarizes Politics, uses a range of new data sources constructed from public archives and databases to examine how the largest public works project in U.S. history created Republican suburbs, increased the urban-suburban political divide, and polarized issue politics.
My research seeks to explain how policies that change geographic space change American politics, and my broader research interests encompass American political development, public policy, political geography, and political methodology. My ongoing book project, The Road to Division: How the American Highway System Sorts Voters and Polarizes Politics, uses a range of new data sources constructed from public archives and databases to examine how the largest public works project in U.S. history created Republican suburbs, increased the urban-suburban political divide, and polarized issue politics.
