I am a postdoctoral research associate at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College. I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Michigan.
In contemporary media environments, citizens react to news and societal events through their identity, emotions, and personal experiences. I study how these psychological mechanisms shape public opinion and influence the public's collective ability to promote sustainable democracy and society.
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What challenges does polarization pose to news media and policy communication? What editorial decisions and communication strategies help build public trust in policy-related messages?
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How can emotions and personal experiences help citizens navigate political news, hold politicians accountable, and contribute to benefiting the wider community?
To answer these questions, I use a variety of methodological approaches, including experiments (online, field, quasi), surveys (cross-sectional, panel, scale development), focus group interviews, and text-as-data analysis (LLM-based media coverage analysis, topic modeling).
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My research transcends traditional subfield boundaries and has been published in International Journal of Press/Politics, Political Psychology, PNAS Nexus, Global Environmental Change, and Journal of Personality Assessment, among others.​