I am a fourth-year PhD candidate in the American Politics subfield, where I research America’s democratic institutions. I’m primarily interested in Congress and elections, understanding the ways in which different kinds of political elites respond to democratic backsliding. I work with a wide range of datasets to answer these questions, including data on campaign contributions, lobbying, interest group position-taking, legislation, and campaign agendas. I also have an interest in symbolic politics and political rhetoric surrounding American Civil Religion and nationalism. Before joining the program, I worked at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where I worked on issues of constitutional reform and served as the lead research assistant and project manager on The People's Constitution (The New Press, 2021).