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I am an associate professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. My additional affiliations at Georgetown include a courtesy appointment in the Department of Government, faculty affiliate status with the Massive Data Institute and the Lab for Globalization and Shared Prosperity, and serving as a faculty advisor to the Institute of Politics and Public Service.
I study public opinion, the news media, partisan polarization, and the loss of confidence in institutions, mainly in the U.S. political system. My first book, Why Americans Hate the Media and How it Matters, won the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and the McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research. I also co-authored the book Words that Matter: How the News and Social Media Shaped the 2016 Presidential Campaign. I am Principal Investigator of the American Institutional Confidence Poll, a panel survey with waves in 2018, 2021, and 2023. I have been a member of the Executive Council of the Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior section of the American Political Science Association, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a visiting researcher at Sciences Po Paris. I recently served on the "Task Force on 2024 Pre-Election Polling" of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, which was charged with evaluating the overall accuracy of 2024 election polls. |
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During the spring 2026 semester, my walk-in office hours are Fridays at 11:00am-12:00pm and 2:00-3:30pm in room 587 in ICC. Any Georgetown student can drop in then without an appointment. You do not need to contact me in advance.
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