Welcome

I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Georgia (expected graduation May 2026).  My research focus on judicial selection and behavior in state courts. Paying special attention to variation in institutional structure, my work explores how a judge's identity affects both their path to the bench and their interactions with the courts as an institution. 

My dissertation titled The Glass Ceiling and Beyond: The Selection, Evaluation, and Promotion of Diverse State Judges, looks at the stages of a judge's time on the bench and how their immutable characteristics affect these stages. 

I have published research in Polity; Research Handbook on Judicial Politics; and Open Judicial Politics: Companion Reader.

I've had the opportunity to serves as instructor of record for multiple courses, these being Introduction to American Government and Judicial Process and behavior.  

During my time at the University of Georgia, I was honored to receive the Lauth Graduate Fellowship in 2021 and the School of Public & International Affairs Excellence in Teaching Award in 2025.