Welcome
Welcome
I am the Wick Cary Assistant Professor of Political Economy in the Department of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma. I am also the Director of OU's African Studies Institute. I received my Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University in 2017, and in 2018-19 I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
I am the Wick Cary Assistant Professor of Political Economy in the Department of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma. I am also the Director of OU's African Studies Institute. I received my Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University in 2017, and in 2018-19 I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
I study public opinion and political behavior in autocratic regimes, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa. My work has been published at the American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, and Public Opinion Quarterly, amongst others. My book manuscript, The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship, presents an argument about the meaning of partisanship in electoral autocracies. Using the framework of social identity theory, it provides an answer to the question of why some people living in such regimes choose to support the ruling party, while others support the opposition, and others, still, stay out of politics altogether.
I study public opinion and political behavior in autocratic regimes, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa. My work has been published at the American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, and Public Opinion Quarterly, amongst others. My book manuscript, The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship, presents an argument about the meaning of partisanship in electoral autocracies. Using the framework of social identity theory, it provides an answer to the question of why some people living in such regimes choose to support the ruling party, while others support the opposition, and others, still, stay out of politics altogether.
My new work, including my second book project (with Martha Wilfahrt, UC Berkeley), explores the effects of the historical legacies of colonial rule on contemporary political beliefs and behaviors in West Africa. I am particularly interested in the intergenerational transmission of communal characteristics, such as political identities, group efficacy, and capacity for collective action.
My new work, including my second book project (with Martha Wilfahrt, UC Berkeley), explores the effects of the historical legacies of colonial rule on contemporary political beliefs and behaviors in West Africa. I am particularly interested in the intergenerational transmission of communal characteristics, such as political identities, group efficacy, and capacity for collective action.