Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at the University of South Alabama. I earned my PhD in political science from the University of Iowa. 

I study how public policies create and reproduce political inequality in the United States. My research examines how experiences with class-linked policies like welfare and health—particularly during formative periods—shape political attitudes and behavior across the life course.

My research has been published in Policy Studies Journal, Political Research Quarterly, JAMA Health Forum, Electoral Studies, Social Science Quarterly, Representation, and Political Psychology among others, and has been supported by a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the American Political Science Association and the National Science Foundation.