Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in Political Economy at Trinity College Dublin. I hold a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Department of Economics.

Previously, I worked at the University of Essex, where I was an Assistant Professor of Government  and Deputy Director of the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis. In the past, I held appointments at the University of New Mexico and at New York University Abu Dhabi.

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 in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, Political Behavior and Political Science Research and Methods.

​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.