I am a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Duke University.
The main goal of my research is to understand the formation of cultural and political preferences early in life and their consequences for people’s life choices. Much of my work is centered on adolescence and early adulthood, examining how preferences become organized into worldviews and affect decision-making. My Curriculum Vitae has the usual details.
Working Papers
Publications
- 2026 Values and Political Preferences in Childhood British Journal of Political Science
- 2026 Generational Imprinting: How Political Events Shape Cohorts Social Forces
- 2026 The Promises and Pitfalls of Using Panel Data to Understand Individual Belief Change Political Psychology
- 2025 Discussion Frequency of Issues Captured in Common Survey Questions Sociological Science
- 2025 Measuring Movement in Cultural Landscapes Poetics
- 2024 Life-Course Transitions and Political Orientations Sociological Science
- 2022 The Organization of Political Belief Networks Social Science Research
- 2022 Religious Belief Alignment: The Structure of Cultural Beliefs from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood Poetics Richard A. Peterson Award, ASA Culture Section