About me
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science from University of Pittsburgh, scheduled defend August 1, 2020. I am a big fan of Elinor Ostrom, and, along with the Swedish economist Knut Wicksell, her work inspires my research. In my previous life I was a network and voice/data integration engineer, and I also have a…
Research
My thesis is titled “A Voice without a Veto: Consensus-building through Inclusion of Stakeholders” (available on SSRN: Voice without a Veto) and uses the EITM (Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models) methodology. The thesis studies whether including a broad group of stakeholders in policy advisory commissions helps build consensus. It may seem that including interested parties…
Teaching
I have taught recitations for introductory classes in Comparative Politics, American Politics and Research Methods. I have also taught my own class in Media and Politics with a comparative and social media emphasis, including a whole section on the role of social media in authoritarian countries. My students even did content analysis on Twitter data and designed…
