I am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Utah State University. Previously, I was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Pennsylvania’s DevLab@Penn and PDRI. I am interested in issues of governance, in particular corruption and accountability, and the interface between civil society, democratic backsliding, and digital media. My second major research interest is in the application of big data analytics to digital media to study the interface between corruption, civil society and democratic backsliding. I also have ongoing projects on the reintegration of deported migrants and the gradient of state presence through its territory.