Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago. My work has been published or is forthcoming in The Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, and Political Research Quarterly.
I study topics related to electoral systems, gender representation, and political campaigns. Below you can find information about my last publications.
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We argue that increasing parties' strength can perpetuate and even intensify parties' pre-existing patterns of exclusion of particular groups, including women, when elites are gender-biased. Read More
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We use a case of Chilean electoral reform and the nature of the post-reform chamber to test whether increasing district magnitude makes it more likely that women will focus on women's issues. Read More
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When can gender quotas be effective in majoritarian systems? We show that the gender quota in France depends on presidential coattails to work. Read More