Welcome! I am Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. From July 2026, I will be Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) and Madan Lal Sobti Chair for the Study of Contemporary India.

I specialize in comparative politics, South Asia, and intergroup relations. My work examines how democratic institutions accommodate social diversity and internal mobility. In ongoing projects, I explore ways to build “bridging” social capital, with implications for education policy, workplace inclusion, corporate social responsibility, and the vitality of civic and associational life.

My research has been published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It has been funded by the Weiss Fund, JPAL, and Innovations for Poverty Action.

I received my PhD from Yale University. I was previously Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Faculty of Revelle College at the University of California, San Diego, and the Evidence in Governance and Politics Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. I am an EGAP member and a CEGA faculty affiliate.

You can see my CV here.