I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. My research focuses on the role of racial prejudice in U.S. campaigns. My book, Campaigning While Black: Black Candidates, White Majorities, and the Quest for Political Office (Columbia University Press, 2023), examines the general election campaigns of every Black challenger for governor or U.S. senator from 2000 to 2020 and highlights the formidable hurdle posed by white voters in statewide electorates and the continuing relevance of racial appeals in campaigns. The analysis includes all available survey data from each viable campaign, two original surveys conducted during campaigns, a content analysis of newspapers in all relevant states, and three original survey experiments. I am the winner of three American Political Science Association awards: the Christopher Mooney Dissertation Award for best dissertation in American state politics and policy (on which Campaigning While Black is based); the Timothy Cook Award for best graduate student paper on political communication; and the best paper on race, ethnicity, and politics (honorable mention). My work has been published in Political Behavior, Political Communication, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, and Politics, Groups, and Identities. I received a Ph.D. in politics and social policy from Princeton and a B.A. in political science and psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.  My areas of research and teaching interest are race and its influence on public opinion and political behavior, political psychology, experimental and survey methods, campaigns and elections, and political communication.