Ph.D. Candidate
University of Western Ontario

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. 

My doctoral dissertation (in progress), titled "Provincial Party Policy Priorities 1945-2020: The Influence of Party Systems", argues provincial party system dynamics are vital to understanding the construction of party policy agendas over time. I classified an original dataset of over 400 provincial party platforms using a LLM and conducted in-depth archival work for my dissertation project. This project is supported by a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

I am broadly interested in Canadian politics, urban and local politics, and public policy. Methodologically, I rely on both quantitative (e.g., regression, quantitative text analysis) and qualitative (e.g., archival research) techniques. ​

I am currently teaching third year Introduction to Public Policy at the University of Waterloo. I also have experience as a teaching assistant for courses in the areas of public policy and administration and introduction to politics.​

Please use the links at the top of the page to learn more about my research and teaching experience.