Peer-Review Publications
Research Reports
Grants, Fellowships & Awards
2016 - 2021
2020
2019
2019
2019
2017
2016
Kellogg Institute for International Studies: Dissertation Year Fellowship
Kellogg Institute for International Studies: PhD Fellowship
Member of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies scholarly community that brings interdisciplinary inquiry to bear on research themes relevant to democracy and human development
Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence: Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award
John Sullivan Award for the best paper by a graduate student on an EPOVB-sponsored panel at the previous APSA Annual Meeting.
Paper: The Logic of Group Voting: A Global Examination of Social Identities in Political Institutions.
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts: Graduate Student Research Award
Project: Inaugural Party Dominance, Partisanship and Ideology in African Politics.
Kellogg Institute for International Studies: Research Award
Project: Inaugural Party Dominance in Post-Colonial Africa
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts: Graduate Student Research Award
Project: Inaugural Party Dominance in Post-Colonial Africa
Kellogg Institute for International Studies: Research Award
Project: Exploring the Institutional Origins of African Partisanship and Political Ideology
National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowships Program (Honorable Mention)
Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Sustainable Development Fellowship
2018
2020
2021 - 2022
Research Positions & Consultancies
Co-Investigator - Presidential Transition Index (University of Notre Dame)
The PTI is a regularly updated assessment of the state of the 2020 presidential transition process housed at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs. Co-investigators: Rachel Gagnon, Shadwa Ibrahim, William Kakenmaster, Denis McDonough, and Maggie Shum.
Co-Investigator - Comparative Assessment of Electoral Risks (University of Notre Dame)
The CAER surveyed 150 political scientists with election expertise both inside and outside the United States to identify warning signs of erosion to the electoral system in the US and suggest possible strategies to halt such erosion. Main report published by the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs. Co-investigators: Ilana Rothkopf, Luis Schenoni, Maggie Shum and Romelia Solano.
Research Assistant – Varieties of Democracy (University of Notre Dame)
Assisted Dr. Michael Coppedge, co-principal investigator of the Varieties of Democracy project, on understanding the diffusion of democracy worldwide via political, economic and social networks.
Research Coordinator – Pulte Institute for Global Development (University of Notre Dame)
Co-organized and trained a research team under the Catholic Relief Services grant: What Are We Fighting For? to evaluation peace and justice programs in Ghana. Managed and oversaw day to day operations for a team of 25 enumerators and research assistants.
Graduate Statistical Consultant – Center for Social Research (University of Notre Dame)
Assisted graduate and undergraduate students across the social sciences with understanding research techniques and tools including quantitative methods, research design and statistical software
Country Expert: Zambia – Global Leadership Project (University of Texas-Austin)
Served as the Country Expert for Zambia during the second round of data collection for the Global Leadership Project funded by the World Bank.
Research Assistant – Afrobarometer (Michigan State University)
Provided research and editorial support for an Africa-led public survey on governance and democracy
Presentations & Invited Talks
Midwest Political Science Association - Virtual April 2021
African Studies Association - Virtual November 2020
Comparative Politics Workshop - University of Notre Dame October 2020
American Political Science Association - Virtual August 2020
University of Botswana Political Science Seminar - Gaborone, Botswana December 2019
American Political Science Association - Washington D.C. August 2019
Midwest Political Science Association - Chicago, Illinois April 2019
Perspective on World Politics Master Class - University of Notre Dame March 2019
Comparative Politics Workshop - University of Notre Dame February 2019
Southern Political Science Association - Austin, Texas January 2019
Midwest Political Science Association - Chicago, Illinois April 2018
Perspective on World Politics Master Class - University of Notre Dame March 2018
Comparative Politics Workshop - University of Notre Dame November 2017
Concordia-McGill Universities African Studies Conference - Montreal, Canada October 2017
National Democratic Institute - Washington, D.C. September 2015