About

I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale — a Research 1 (R1) institution (Expected Graduation: May 2026), and an Adjunct Faculty in Government at Southeastern Illinois College. I study American politics, and my research interests include political behavior, political communications, public policy and democracy, elections and election law, and comparative perspectives. I specialize in computational methods, drawing on diverse data sources from surveys to historical records.

I am The Academy Fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Young Leaders Program and a Fellow of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) by the U.S. Department of State. Previously, I was an Assistant Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Statesmanship and Public Policy.

Research Interests

My dissertation research examines how time spent in the United States shapes immigrants’ partisan strength — a key but often overlooked dimension in understanding political development. I argue that years lived in the U.S. is the most powerful and consistent predictor of partisan strength among immigrants, more so than age or time in the electorate.