Welcome!
I am an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Before joining Georgetown, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at NYU’s Center for Social Media, AI and Politics and a Misinformation Researcher at Twitter. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.
My research examines how digital technologies, social media and, more recently, generative AI, shape political information and behavior, with a focus on Global South countries. I primarily pursue a comparative approach to these issues, paying particular attention to Global South countries and using multi-country large-scale designs to study the intersection of social media and politics. Methodologically, I am interested in survey research in the digital space, large-scale digital experimentation, and the use of large language models in applied social science research.
My research has appeared (or is conditionally accepted) in general science journals (Nature, Nature: Scientific Reports, PLOS ONE, among others), in leading Political Science journals (The Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Comparative Political Studies, among others), and in Communication (Journal of Communication (x2), New Media & Society, among others); and I currently have three Revise & Resubmit papers under review (PNAS, Nature Human Behaviour, and AJPS). My papers have also earned the APSA Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award (2024), the APSA Best Paper Award in Internet, Technology, and Politics (2024), the Best Paper in Political Behavior at the MPSA (2026), and best paper awards at the Brazilian Political Science Association meetings (2022, 2024). My projects have been funded by the NSF, Project Liberty Institute, and EGAP.