– About Me –

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Communication in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University. I am a Faculty Fellow with the Center for American Political History and Technology and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement.

I study how the information we encounter in digital and social spaces influences our political attitudes and behaviors. Currently, that includes exploring content like political memes and other visuals on social media as well as the use of social media as a source for local news in “news deserts,” or spaces with limited or no access to local news.

My work has been published in academic journals such as Political Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media & Society, International Journal of Communication, Digital Journalism, Mass Communication & Society, among others. I have presented at academic meetings of the International Communication Association, American Political Science Association, and National Communication Association as well as industry-led meetings convened by the International Fact-Checking Network, Meta, and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.