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Academic Employment
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Associate Professor, Political Science, 2018 – Present
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Assistant Professor, Political Science, 2012 – 2018
University of California, Santa Barbara, Lecturer, Political Science, 2010 – 2012
Education
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara (Political Science, 2012)
M.A. University of California, Santa Barbara (Political Science, 2008)
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles (Political Science, 2005)
Selected Publications
Internet Use and Political Participation: Engaging Citizenship Norms Through Online Activities (with Meredith Conroy and Jessica Feezell) Journal of Information Technology and Politics 13 no. 2, 95-107 (2016).
Terms of Engagement: Online Political Participation and the Impact on Offline Political Participation (with Meredith Conroy and Jessica Feezell) in J. Vaughn and V. Farrah-Myers, eds., Controlling the Message, New York, NY: NYU Press (2015).
Engaging in Office Hours: A Study of Student-Faculty Interaction and Academic Performance (with Alisa Rod) Journal of Political Science Education 9 no. 4, 403-416 (2013).
Facebook and Political Engagement: A Study of Online Political Group Membership and Offline Political Engagement (with Meredith Conroy and Jessica Feezell) Computers in Human Behavior 28 no. 5, 1535-1546 (2012).
Conceptualizing the Civil Military Gap (with Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen, Emerald Archer, Jon Barr, Aaron Belkin, Cameron Hall, and Katie Swain) Armed Forces & Society 38 no. 4, 669-678.
Selected Service
Executive Council, Western Political Science Association, 2018-present.
Faculty Fellow, Office of Undergraduate Research, 2017-present.
Chair, Undergraduate Research Faculty Advisory Committee, 2017-2018.
President, Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association, 2016-2017.
Selected Awards
American Political Science Association Special Projects Grant, 2018.
Improving the Classroom Experience Grant, 2018, 2016, 2013.
RAND Faculty Leader Fellowship, 2017.
Provost Teacher-Scholar Award, 2017, 2016, 2014.
Cal Poly Pomona Outstanding Faculty Advisor, 2016.
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow, 2012.
Conference Participation
Western Political Science Association annual meeting, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009.
American Political Science Association annual meeting, 2013, 2010, 2009.
American Political Science Association Teaching & Learning Conference, 2013.
Southern Political Science Association annual meeting, 2013.
Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting, 2012, 2008.
Southwestern Political Science Association annual meeting, 2009.