I am a second year PhD student in the Network Science program, working with Prof. Brooke Foucault Welles and Dr. Samuel Scarpino. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Physics and have a background in studying complex communication processes across sociobiological systems. I’ve previously worked on contagion models of opinion spreading on online social networks and call-response dynamics in foraging meerkats.

My current research interests and projects lie at the intersection of political communication, critical media studies, text analysis and public health. Broadly speaking, I devise mixed method approaches to measure and detect frames in mass communication, with an emphasis on studying framing that affects public attitudes towards queer health issues. Insofar as these methods capture interesting constructs in media discourses, I inquire about the generative mechanisms and drivers of the discourse dynamics. In my current project, I am investigating politicization in the news media coverage about the Mpox outbreak of 2022 in the U.S.

While most of my training has been positivist in its philosophy, I’ve recently come to also appreciate interpretivist and critical approaches in doing science, and have been integrating the same in my work. Outside of work, I love cooking elaborate meals, playing board games and listening to RnB/jazz. I’m always up for a conversation and love nerding out.