I am an Associate Professor at Georgetown University, with a joint appointment at the McCourt School of Public Policy, the Center for Tech and Public Policy, and the Massive Data Institute. I am also the co-founder of the Digital Trust Lab, which is housed at the Massive Data Institute.
Prior to joining Georgetown, I was an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, at Mississippi State University.
In January 2026, I joined the Center for Democracy & Technology's Non-Resident Fellows Program, where I engage directly with DCT to inform policy work, focusing on Elections & Democracy. During the 2025 calendar year, I was a part of the Election Integrity Project's (EIP) fellowship cohort as a senior fellow.
My research covers four dimensions of democratic citizenship: (a) the policy frameworks that mitigate – or exacerbate – the fragmentation of information ecosystems; (b) the mechanisms that shape opinion formation around electoral integrity, civic inclusion, and representation at the individual-level; (c) the institutional frameworks that structure access to the democratic processes; and (d) the administrative frameworks that condition a citizen’s right to be informed.
Specifically, my research draws on theories of collaborative governance, democratic listening, and information integrity to evaluate how institutional design, administrative practices, as well as information ecosystems foster civic engagement, build trust in election integrity, inoculate against disinformation, and facilitate access to voting. My scholarship has been featured in Social Science Quarterly, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, PS: Political Science & Politics, Election Law Journal, Public Integrity, Policy Studies, Journal of Election Administration, Research and Practice, Social Science Research, The Handbook of Election Administration, and Political Communication.
My work shows that institutional design, the variation in state and local administrative procedures and the provision of information can complicate the administration of elections with a disproportionate impact on under-represented voters. In my book, The Administration of Voter Registration: Patterns and Variation Across and Within the American States (2021), I show that voter registration policy creates distinct challenges for election officials as well as voters, whose access to voting is often denied.
One of the most significant, I argue, contributions in the study of Election Sciences, is my scholarship on voter education and the role it plays in building a resilient electorate and election system. This research is grounded in the work election officials are playing in informing voters, and which resources they have available to better service their voters. I discuss the different ways election officials educate their constituents in Local Election Administrators in the United States: The Frontline of Democracy (2024) which I co-edited with leading scholars in the election space.
With election denial becoming a winning campaign strategy, voters are left vulnerable to bad actors who benefit electorally and monetarily from disinforming the public. These developments are symptoms of fractured democratic discourse, only to be exacerbated in the absence of robust regulatory frameworks, particularly in an era where AI-mediated information environments are flourishing. Currently, I am developing frameworks to evaluate how AI and GenAI shape the information ecosystem, with two major projects underway: first, assessing citizens' attitudes about AI-generated election communications and second, understanding how election officials think about ethical and responsible use of AI. Considering the significant uptake in GenAI tools among the public as well as public officials, understanding the dynamics between access, transparency, privacy and trust is of utmost importance. To that end, I co-authored a white paper titled "Generative AI for Election Officials: Use Cases, Best Practices, and Ethical Guardrails," which offers a best practices framework for election officials and operational guardrails for AI deployment in election administration.
You can see my full scholarship by accessing my CV.
Prior to joining Georgetown, I was an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, at Mississippi State University.
In January 2026, I joined the Center for Democracy & Technology's Non-Resident Fellows Program, where I engage directly with DCT to inform policy work, focusing on Elections & Democracy. During the 2025 calendar year, I was a part of the Election Integrity Project's (EIP) fellowship cohort as a senior fellow.
My research covers four dimensions of democratic citizenship: (a) the policy frameworks that mitigate – or exacerbate – the fragmentation of information ecosystems; (b) the mechanisms that shape opinion formation around electoral integrity, civic inclusion, and representation at the individual-level; (c) the institutional frameworks that structure access to the democratic processes; and (d) the administrative frameworks that condition a citizen’s right to be informed.
Specifically, my research draws on theories of collaborative governance, democratic listening, and information integrity to evaluate how institutional design, administrative practices, as well as information ecosystems foster civic engagement, build trust in election integrity, inoculate against disinformation, and facilitate access to voting. My scholarship has been featured in Social Science Quarterly, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, PS: Political Science & Politics, Election Law Journal, Public Integrity, Policy Studies, Journal of Election Administration, Research and Practice, Social Science Research, The Handbook of Election Administration, and Political Communication.
My work shows that institutional design, the variation in state and local administrative procedures and the provision of information can complicate the administration of elections with a disproportionate impact on under-represented voters. In my book, The Administration of Voter Registration: Patterns and Variation Across and Within the American States (2021), I show that voter registration policy creates distinct challenges for election officials as well as voters, whose access to voting is often denied.
One of the most significant, I argue, contributions in the study of Election Sciences, is my scholarship on voter education and the role it plays in building a resilient electorate and election system. This research is grounded in the work election officials are playing in informing voters, and which resources they have available to better service their voters. I discuss the different ways election officials educate their constituents in Local Election Administrators in the United States: The Frontline of Democracy (2024) which I co-edited with leading scholars in the election space.
With election denial becoming a winning campaign strategy, voters are left vulnerable to bad actors who benefit electorally and monetarily from disinforming the public. These developments are symptoms of fractured democratic discourse, only to be exacerbated in the absence of robust regulatory frameworks, particularly in an era where AI-mediated information environments are flourishing. Currently, I am developing frameworks to evaluate how AI and GenAI shape the information ecosystem, with two major projects underway: first, assessing citizens' attitudes about AI-generated election communications and second, understanding how election officials think about ethical and responsible use of AI. Considering the significant uptake in GenAI tools among the public as well as public officials, understanding the dynamics between access, transparency, privacy and trust is of utmost importance. To that end, I co-authored a white paper titled "Generative AI for Election Officials: Use Cases, Best Practices, and Ethical Guardrails," which offers a best practices framework for election officials and operational guardrails for AI deployment in election administration.
You can see my full scholarship by accessing my CV.