Associate Professor of Political Communication, LSU
Andrew Carnegie Fellow, 2022-2024
I am the Associate Dean for Research & Strategic Initiatives in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University, where I am an associate professor of political communication. I am also a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. I study American government and political communication, with an emphasis on political behavior, campaign strategy, and local media.
My first book, Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization (with Matthew P. Hitt and Johanna L. Dunaway), is now published with Cambridge University Press' series Elements in Politics and Communication. The proposal for my second book, Storefront Campaigning (with Sean Whyard; expected Spring 2024), is accepted and awaiting advance contract from Cambridge University Press' series Elements in Campaigns and Elections.
I have written about politics and media for The Boston Globe, FiveThirtyEight, The Washington Post, Vox, Mischiefs of Faction, The Conversation, Nieman Journalism Lab, and Scientific American. I also serve on the editorial board of the journal Political Communication.
You can visit my Google Scholar profile here. My research is published or forthcoming in Journal of Communication, Political Communication, Perspectives on Politics, American Politics Research, Social Science Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly, PLoS ONE, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Journal of Political Marketing, and Political Science Research & Methods.
I received my Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2015, and my B.A. in political science from Boston College in May 2009. I grew up in Newton, Massachusetts.
My first book, Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization (with Matthew P. Hitt and Johanna L. Dunaway), is now published with Cambridge University Press' series Elements in Politics and Communication. The proposal for my second book, Storefront Campaigning (with Sean Whyard; expected Spring 2024), is accepted and awaiting advance contract from Cambridge University Press' series Elements in Campaigns and Elections.
I have written about politics and media for The Boston Globe, FiveThirtyEight, The Washington Post, Vox, Mischiefs of Faction, The Conversation, Nieman Journalism Lab, and Scientific American. I also serve on the editorial board of the journal Political Communication.
You can visit my Google Scholar profile here. My research is published or forthcoming in Journal of Communication, Political Communication, Perspectives on Politics, American Politics Research, Social Science Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly, PLoS ONE, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Journal of Political Marketing, and Political Science Research & Methods.
I received my Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2015, and my B.A. in political science from Boston College in May 2009. I grew up in Newton, Massachusetts.
