Hello and welcome to my website! I am a Ph.D. Candidate at Purdue University, studying international relations and public policy. My research explores the power, regulation, and self-governance of Big Tech firms and the implications of artificial intelligence for global politics.

My dissertation project, Big Tech Self-Governance: Responding to Geopolitical Pressures and Salient Issues, analyzes a bevy of mechanisms operating behind the platform power of Big Tech firms before focusing on two: issue salience and geopolitics. I further provide a typology of expected Big Tech self-governance actions based on these two mechanisms and explore this typology through process tracing and document analysis. I find that the level of formalization in Big Tech self-governance increases as either the level of geopolitical demand or public salience increases. 

I am the lead research assistant for Dr. Swati Srivastava's International Politics and Responsible Tech (iPART) Lab, in which we have analyzed the human rights disclosures of Big Tech. I am also a member of the Governance & Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL) and worked as a research assistant to the lab's co-direct, Dr. Kaylyn Jackson Schiff. I am currently working with several GRAIL members to understand the impacts of AI ethics labels on end-user trust through a multi-part vignette and conjoint experiment.

As part of my unorthodox path to graduate school, I received a B.A. in Middle-Childhood Education from Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH, and worked as an 8th grade mathematics teacher for five years before attending Purdue. These experiences helped me hone my pedagogy and teaching philosophy, which I have integrated into my award-winning instruction at Purdue. In 2025, I was Purdue University’s sole nominee for the Excellence in Teaching Award sponsored by the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools.

I enjoy traveling, camping, and woodworking. I am also an avid sports fan, particularly of college teams.