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I am a doctoral candidate in Political Science at the University of Chicago studying American politics and a 2021-2022 Pozen Center for Human Rights Doctoral Fellow. I was previously an Urban Doctoral Fellow at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation. My research interests broadly include public opinion, political behavior, and the role of political and social identities in shaping politics. My research has been published in Social Science Quarterly and featured in the Washington Post, MinnPost, and Reframing Russia.
In my dissertation, I use a combination of semi-structured in-depth interviews and survey data to generate and evaluate a new typology of white identification. Using a case study of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota, I argue that there are two dimensions of white identification: consciousness, which indicates the extent to which whites recognize and understand their whiteness, and valence, which indicates how positively or negatively individuals view whiteness. I argue that certain precipitating events, like the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, raises consciousness among whites and makes valence more important for how they understand racial politics. My dissertation also introduces a novel survey measurement for capturing the two dimensions of white identification which allows me to generalize this theory to the broader population, and to investigate the extent to which white identification shapes attitudes about racial justice initiatives, policies, partisanship, and political participation. My broader research agenda is similarly motivated by questions of how identity shapes political attitudes and behavior, especially around issues of racial justice in the United States. I hold an MA in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a BA in Political Science and English, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. (Go Gophers!) |
