Thanks for visiting! I am the Martin Fishbein Postdoctoral Fellow in the Annenberg Center for Advanced Study in Communication (ACASC) at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow (nonresident) at the Centre For Public Opinion and Political Representation at Simon Fraser University. I received my PhD in political science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. My research interests span the subfields of political communication, political behavior, science communication, and political psychology. 

I am affiliated with the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School, directed by Dan Kahan, and with the Political News and Opinion Lab at Penn, directed by Matt Levendusky. I am also a member of the Board of Directors of the Piast Institute. 

My academic work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, International Journal of Press/Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Science Communication, and Frontiers in Communication. I have also published in the popular outlets such as The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Newsweek, RealClearScience, Nieman Lab, Policy Options, and The Conversation, among others. 
In the News:
  • I recently wrote a short opinion piece for Policy Options about the need for Canadian policymakers to consider making childhood vaccinations mandatory. You can read the article here. 
  • My new paper, with Eric Merkley, is out in the journal Frontiers in Communication. It explores how climate change was framed in the news media over the past quarter century and how that matters. You can find the article here.  
  • I'm thrilled to announce that I have been awarded one of the Junior Researcher Grants from Prolific. You can see the announcement here. I'm very excited about this opportunity and thrilled for their support. 
  • Together with my fellow APPC postdocs Matt Motta and Kathryn Haglin, we wrote a brief piece about the difficulty with countering misinformation surrounding vaccines. You can find it on The Conversation here. It was republished in the Neiman Lab and Philly Voice, among others. It was also translated into Spanish.
  • Columbia Journalism Review published an article written by a former student of mine, Rachel Garrett, and myself, on the issue of subtle sexism in news coverage and it's consequences. It is available here. 
  • I recently wrote a short article responding to a Media Matters report that was making rounds on the web. The article is based on my dissertation research and outlines the academic debates about media bias. It was published in The Conversation.
  • Part of my dissertation research deals with the polarization of climate change attitudes and the role of the media in the process, on which I have been working on with Eric Merkley. Here is a short article we published on The Conversation, which was republished in Newsweek, Real Clear Science, Salon, and The National Post. 
  • My latest research appeared in the Monkey Cage over at the Washington Post, dealing with the difficulty people have in distinguishing real from fake news. Check it out here. I also wrote it up for The Conversation, highlighting the implications for Canada. It has been recently republished in University Affairs and J Source. 
  • I had a pleasure of chatting with Terry Moore of CFAX radio in Victoria, BC about Donald Trump's battles with the media. You can listen to the segment here.
  • I've been asked to do some commentary for the CBC Radio (starts at 1h30 min mark), Roundhouse Radio, News 1130 (all Vancouver) as well as Global TV on the recent presidential election in the US and the aftermath. I've also commented on the Polish American vote in this election for Gazeta Wyborcza in Poland. 
  • My recent co-authored article on the Monkey Cage over at the Washington Post deals with the scary consequences of the media politicizing the vaccine issue. You can find it here. Mother Jones covered the article here. 
  • Check out a new article on determinants of success of women's soccer team over at the Washington Post. The article also provided a basis for a column in the New York Daily News.