I study patterns of state contact and the politics of personal data in the Information Age, which are the focus of my current book (The Limiting Principle: How Privacy Became a Public Issue). My research combines computational methods — social network analysis, statistical modeling, and text analysis — with qualitative archival research.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 2022–2025
    Postdoctoral fellow, Duke University
  • 2013–2022
    PhD candidate, University of California Berkeley

Publications

  • 2025
    The Limiting Principle How Privacy Became a Public Issue,

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