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 polarized information environments that supply an unprecedented amount of unreliable and partisan information, citizens may struggle to make high-quality political decisions. Two key questions motivate my research agenda:
1) What types of news coverage help citizens navigate complicated political environments and make informed decisions? What challenges do traditional media face when covering political misinformation?
2) In what ways do citizens’ emotions and personal experiences help them navigate complex politics and make decisions that align with their interests and social well-being?
To answer these questions, I study media coverage of misinformation, journalistic norms, emotions, traumatic experiences, and environmental and public health policies.
I use a variety of methodological approaches, including surveys, experiments, text analysis, media coverage analysis, and measurement models.
My research transcends traditional subfield boundaries and has been published or forthcoming in Political Psychology, International Journal of Press/Politics, Global Environmental Change, and Journal of Personality Assessment, among others.
Here is a news release about my research by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.