I am an Assistant Professor in the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, as well as a Faculty Associate in the Eagleton Institute of Politics. My research explores the internet’s impact on political associations – both in the formation of novel organizational structures seen in MoveOn and DailyKos, and also tracing implications for more traditional advocacy organizations. All working papers and publications are available on this site, a are links to my two public datasets — the Blogosphere Authority Index and the Membership Communications Project.
For the 2010-2011 schoolyear, I am excited to join the Yale Information Society Project as a Visiting Fellow as well.
Previous academic positions have included a postdoctoral position at Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy and a predoctoral fellowship at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public Affairs. I earned my Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and my B.A. in Politics from Oberlin College in 2002.
In addition to my academic portfolio, I am a longtime volunteer leader with the Sierra Club. I have been a member of that organization since 1995, served as National Director of their student-run arm in 1999, and served on their national Board of Directors from 2004-2010.
As of September 2009, I am pleased to have joined the Executive Committee of the Information Technology and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
