I am a comparative political psychologist studying the origins, properties, and consequences of political belief systems. I also develop conceptual and computational methods for latent constructs – like belief systems – that are often tricky to capture with conventional statistics. My teaching interests are broad and I particularly enjoy interactive, discussion-based seminars that challenge students to think outside the box. I currently work as a Pre-/Post-doctoral fellow at the SCRIPTS Data and Methodology Center at Freie Universität Berlin and have previous work experience as a statistics and social data science consultant at the Odum Institute. You can find my research, CV, links to software & tutorials, and teaching material on these pages. Please feel free to contact me with any inquiries, bug reports, or based on substantive research interests.