Research Interests

In my work I use experiments and original analysis of survey data to investigate the role of identities in politics. Through a political psychology lens, my research investigates how social group identities like race and sexuality interact with political identities such as partisanship. I am currently working on projects that look at the role of partisanship in Black politics, how political parties signal their commitment to different social groups, and how people from marginalized groups respond to political discourse/opinion polls about their identities. I am also interested in the measurement of political identities in both the U.S. and Multiparty systems.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the EU (2021) in Political Psychology

Expressive versus Instrumental Partisanship in Multiparty European Systems (2018) in Advances in Political Psychology

The Moral Foundations of Environmentalism (2019) in Social Psychological Bulletin

Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation Predict Different Moral Signatures (2014) in Soc. Jus. Research

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire (2014) in Social Psychology

Other Publications

Measuring the Direction and Strength of Partisanship (2020) in Research Handbook on Political Partisanship

The Paradox of Political Knowledge (2018) in The Feeling, Thinking Citizens, Essays in Honor of Milton Lodge

Current Projects

Status Appeals and Partisanship [Dissertation Project]

Electoral Campaigns and the Partisan Gap in Political Engagement: A Focus on the 2015 British Election with Leonie Huddy and Hannah Nam

Racial Attitudes Predict Willingness to Limit Protest Rights During a Pandemic with Elizabeth Connors, Julian Wamble, and Jacob Martin

Black Partisanship: Expressive or Utilitarian? with Julian Wamble and Jasmine Smith