I am a PhD candidate in Political Science at Washington State University. My research examines conspiracy theories and their relationship to democratic backsliding through the lens of political psychology and communication. Broadly, it considers the conditions in which conspiracy theories may embolden support for political violence. I also focus on conspiratorial environments themselves: how conspiracy narratives form, evolve, and travel between online and offline spaces. To address these topics, I employ a variety of qualitative, quantitative, and computational methods.

Underlying both threads of research is an interest in how conspiracy theories build narratives that justify antidemocratic behavior. Before turning to political science, I earned an MA in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies from the University of Essex and worked as a qualitative researcher studying psychedelic-assisted therapy — work reflected in peer-reviewed publications in Frontiers in Psychiatry and the International Journal of Jungian Studies. I currently serve as an Editorial Assistant at Political Communication and organize the APSA Political Psychology pre-conference.

My non-work interests include horror films, collecting vinyl, and hanging with my cat.