political polling+ survey research

Nominated by PSC Undergraduate Program Director Dr. Rebecca Flavin and International Studies Program Director Dr. Ivy Hamerly to represent over 600+ Political Science majors and minors. I worked with Dr. Flavin to create a mentorship program that pairs 40 upperclassmen with incoming freshmen. The program is now being modeled by other large departments.

- Studied "isolated" Presidents and how they leveraged their institutional powers granted to them from the Constitution to achieve their policy goals. Also studied 4 constitutions comparing how executive power is framed in them. - Assisted Professor in analyzing historical electoral data from 2,000+ swing districts to study the impact of climate policy and general election viability for Republicans. Specifically tracked the development of conservative climate policy and the formation of the Conservative Climate Caucus- Assisted Professor with a project using regression analysis to analyze historical affiliations and corruption in the Caribbean.- Assisted with putting together a bibliography for professor's book studying Supreme Court Coutnermajoritarianism- Did literature review for professor studying autonomous AI tech in warfare

Worked one-on-one as the personal research and editing assistant for former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, bestselling presidential historian, and nationally syndicated conservative columnist Dr. Tevi Troy. I assisted on 2 upcoming book projects and op-eds published in the Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, National Review, The Dispatch, Washington Examiner, and Commentary Magazine

election forecasting + reporting

Summer internship supported by the Frank W. Mayborn Scholarship.