I am an assistant professor of sociology at Duke and I study the social foundations that make and break science. This includes the norms, arguments, and viewpoint diversity that make it legit. I work with scientific and legislative text using natural language processing, machine learning, and generative AI. My research is comparative and longitudinal, micro and macro.

Right now, I'm working on these themes in science/knowledge:

(1) pluralism and innovation (peer review + patents)
(2) cultural authority (state structures)

(( When I'm not working, my 🧔 and 🐕‍🦺 [pic] keep me busy on trails 🏔️🥾🐾 ))