In Chapter 4, I find that Black adolescents who were on welfare grow up to hold more liberal views than peers who weren’t on welfare. Youth welfare participation is also linked to greater affective polarization in adulthood, depending on which programs were experienced.

My new article (w/ Eveline Dowling, Caroline Tolbert, & Todd Donovan) is out in Electoral Studies! Using @catalist.bsky.social data, we examine the relationship between RCV and turnout. We find that people living in places with RCV are more likely to vote in off-year elections. tinyurl.com/5e4kmy5d