My research focuses on American political institutions, bureaucratic politics, local government, and political methodology. My current work explores how incentives and selection in bureaucracies affect public policy and accountability. I approach these issues by examining strategic interactions among politicians, bureaucrats, and voters, and their impact on public service provision, regulatory policy, and the representativeness of government. My work leverages a range of research designs and data sources, including causal inference methods for observational data, text analysis, administrative records, spatial data, and game theory.