Associate Professor, Syracuse University
Senior Researcher, Institute for Democracy, Journalism, & Citizenship
Andrew Carnegie Fellow, 2022-2025

I am an associate professor of Communications and Magazine, News, and Digital Journalism in the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a Senior Researcher in the Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship.

I study American government and political communication, with an emphasis on political behavior, campaign strategy, and local media. ​I am a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow and a 2025 Faculty Champion with the University of Vermont's Center for Community News.

You can visit my Google Scholar profile here. ​