Overview of current research projects
1) In my solo authored project titled "Social Capital, Platform Power, and the Private Authority of Big Tech Firms: Theorizing The Micro-Foundations of Platform Power Among Social Networking Sites," I theorize the dynamics of power and influence within contemporary social networking platforms, focusing on how social capital and network structures shape private authority.
2) Collaborating with Bryce Dietrich, the project "Perceptual Fluency in Political Ad Campaigns" delves into the intricacies of political advertising, exploring the role of perceptual fluency in shaping public perceptions and responses to campaign messages, shedding light on effective communication strategies.
3) Additionally, in collaboration with Tyler Girard, Logan Strother, and John Bennet, the project "Are Universal Human Rights Really Universal? Measuring Cross-National Public Perceptions of Human Rights" aims to discern the global consensus on the universality of human rights, using sophisticated methodologies such as a Bayesian Aldrich-McKelvey scaling approach to inductively assess citizen perceptions of national support for human rights across a globally representative set of countries text analysis to identify systematic cross-national differences in citizens’ understanding of human right and a series of vignette experiments to test whether cognitive biases related to race shape the evaluation of potential human rights violations.
4) Together with Sky Kunkel, "What’s in a Name? Implications of Overusing ‘Sub-Saharan Africa’" delves into the implications of terminology usage, particularly focusing on the term "Sub-Saharan Africa," aiming to elucidate the nuanced impact it carries in academic and public discourse.
5) Finally, through experimental research with Tara Grillos and Janel Jett, "To trust or not to trust: Lab experiment examining how polarization impacts our trust in each other" investigates the impact of polarization on trust within society, proposing a novel theoretical contribution to the concept of trust.
I enjoy working on collaborative projects with other graduate students and faculty members alike. If you are interested in reading any of my manuscripts or would like to discuss research ideas, please email me at [email protected].
1) In my solo authored project titled "Social Capital, Platform Power, and the Private Authority of Big Tech Firms: Theorizing The Micro-Foundations of Platform Power Among Social Networking Sites," I theorize the dynamics of power and influence within contemporary social networking platforms, focusing on how social capital and network structures shape private authority.
2) Collaborating with Bryce Dietrich, the project "Perceptual Fluency in Political Ad Campaigns" delves into the intricacies of political advertising, exploring the role of perceptual fluency in shaping public perceptions and responses to campaign messages, shedding light on effective communication strategies.
3) Additionally, in collaboration with Tyler Girard, Logan Strother, and John Bennet, the project "Are Universal Human Rights Really Universal? Measuring Cross-National Public Perceptions of Human Rights" aims to discern the global consensus on the universality of human rights, using sophisticated methodologies such as a Bayesian Aldrich-McKelvey scaling approach to inductively assess citizen perceptions of national support for human rights across a globally representative set of countries text analysis to identify systematic cross-national differences in citizens’ understanding of human right and a series of vignette experiments to test whether cognitive biases related to race shape the evaluation of potential human rights violations.
4) Together with Sky Kunkel, "What’s in a Name? Implications of Overusing ‘Sub-Saharan Africa’" delves into the implications of terminology usage, particularly focusing on the term "Sub-Saharan Africa," aiming to elucidate the nuanced impact it carries in academic and public discourse.
5) Finally, through experimental research with Tara Grillos and Janel Jett, "To trust or not to trust: Lab experiment examining how polarization impacts our trust in each other" investigates the impact of polarization on trust within society, proposing a novel theoretical contribution to the concept of trust.
I enjoy working on collaborative projects with other graduate students and faculty members alike. If you are interested in reading any of my manuscripts or would like to discuss research ideas, please email me at [email protected].