About Me

Hello! I'm a quantitative social scientist and data scientist.

Currently, I am a Quantitative Social Scientist at NORC at the University of Chicago, working on applied problems at the intersection of survey methodology and data science. I am trained as a political scientist with substantive expertise in media, political communication, public opinion, and elections.

I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science and an A.M. in Statistics from Harvard and a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Tufts. Previously, I've worked in research and data science roles at SurveyMonkey and Microsoft Research, and as a lecturer at Columbia University.

I write about politics, data, and social science for a Substack newsletter called Somewhat Unlikely.

I'm currently based in NYC. If you're in the area, let's grab coffee some time.

Recent News

Apr 2025 Giving a webinar for NYAAPOR on generative AI and survey research with Yamil Velez (Columbia U) and Josh Lerner.
Apr 2025 Giving a conference talk for 2025 Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection Workshops (FedCASIC) on AI-assisted conversational interveiwing.
Mar 2025 Our article on political appeals in tobacco advertising has been published in Tobacco Control.
Mar 2025 Our article on the media effects of deepfakes has been published in the Journal of Politics.

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