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Welcome! I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. My research interests lie at the intersection of comparative politics and political economy. More specifically, I use both formal theory and quantitative methods to study political institutions, gender and politics, and electoral manipulation in developing countries, with a focus on Latin America. My work has been published or is forthcoming in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, and Political Behavior.

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Previously, I was a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of New Mexico and a postdoctoral associate at New York University Abu Dhabi. I hold a PhD from the University of Rochester and a BA from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). For additional information, please feel free to download a copy of my CV or to ​contact me.