Welcome to my website! I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Illinois. My research interests lie principally in political psychology, especially in the role of social identities and how that affects our political beliefs and behaviour. There are two social identities in particular that I focus on: regional and religious identities. My dissertation focuses on the role of elites in shaping the social geography of our world, including our regional identities. This work was supported by a year of field work in Morocco through a Fulbright-Hays dissertation research grant. Check out my CV here.