I am a PhD student in political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center. My main research interests lie in the subfield of comparative politics and the interdisciplinary field of demography. Within these fields, I am particularly interested in how demographic trends, like aging, interact with welfare states and other political economic systems. My primary region of focus in looking at these issues is Europe, with an emphasis on Sweden and the other Nordic countries. To a lesser extent, I am also interested in the European Union and European integration as well as social science methodology.

Prior to starting graduate studies at UNC, I worked in web development at World Learning in Brattleboro, VT and spent a year prior to that at the American University in Cairo serving as a Presidential Intern. I completed my undergraduate studies in government at Cornell University in 2005. During my undergraduate studies, I spent one year abroad studying at Stockholm University.

In addition to being a graduate student, I am also a member of the 91st Student Congress and a senator in the Graduate and Professional Student Federation (GPSF) at UNC.