I am an associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, where 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.

I received my PhD from Yale University. Prior to UCSD, I was the Evidence in Governance and Politics Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. I am an EGAP member and a CEGA faculty affiliate. I was a UCSD Hellman Fellow for 2020-21 and a non-resident visiting fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania for 2021-22. I sit on the steering committee for EGAP’s Displacement, Migration, and Integration Priority Theme, and am Chair of the Faculty of Revelle College.

I am the placement director for UCSD’s PhD program. Please feel free to contact me about our students on job market.

You can see my CV here.