Welcome
I am a PhD Candidate in Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science at Duke University. This website is intended to serve as a resource for potential employers and fellow political scientists that are interested in finding out more about me, my research, and my background.
Featured Publication
Measuring Democratic Accountability: An Initial Report on an Emerging Dataset.with Herbert Kitschelt, Kent Freeze and Yi-ting Wang.
In this paper, we introduce the dataset created as part of the Democratic Linkages and Accountability Project.
Dissertation
My dissertation consists of two parts. In the first, it explores how the proportionality of the electoral formula employed to translate votes into political influence interacts with the level of ethno-cultural polarization of a particular country to determine the quality of the electoral process and the likelihood of a government turnover.MORE (coming soon)
Conference: APSA 2010
I will be presenting two papers at the 2010 APSA Conference in Washington DC:The Contingent Effects of Institutions: Electoral Formulas, Ethnic Polarization and Election Quality
Ethnic Group Divisions and Clientelism