​My first book, Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization (with Matthew P. Hitt and Johanna L. Dunaway), was published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press' series Elements in Politics and Communication. My second book, Storefront Campaigning (with Sean Whyard), is available (free until 12/12!) 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.
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My research is published or forthcoming in Journal of Communication, American Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, Political Communication, Perspectives on Politics, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Information Technology & 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.

Until August 2023, I was an associate professor of political communication in the Manship School of Mass Communication and the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University. I also served as Manship's Associate Dean for Research & Strategic Initiatives from 2022-23.

I received my Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015, and my B.A. in political science from Boston College in 2009.