My own research focuses on challenges to electoral and administrative accountability in unequal democracies, with substantive applications to the politics of health and health care. My work is informed in part by field experience in Uruguay and Brazil supported by Fulbright, a U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship, and a Charles F. Scott UCLA endowed fellowship. My theoretical interests, however, expand beyond regional bounds. My current book project explores the ways that economic inequality affects accountability for service provision in unequal democracies such as Brazil, the United States, and India.
My research appears in journals such as Development Policy Review and Saúde e Sociedade (Health and Society) and is currently under review at outlets such as the British Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Politics. My work covers topics including the spillover effects of conditional cash transfer programs on non-beneficiary health, the way the health good demand complexity of those living in poverty impacts this group's voting behavior and policy influence, the way collective bargaining behavior of unionized formally-employed workers in Brazil influences the funding of public health services available to non-unionized informally-employed workers, and how state capacity and income moderate access to distributive health goods, among others. Additional information on my ongoing projects is available in the "Research" section of this website.
I have experience teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels on a range of topics including data analysis, research design, and comparative politics and policy. A complete list of courses I have taught is available in the "Teaching" section of this website.