My name is Kelsey, and I am a fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate at Michigan State University.

I am currently on the academic job market. My research focuses on race and ethnic politics, identity politics, political behavior, public opinion, and political symbols. My work has been published in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, Politics; the Journal of Public Policy; and Politics, Groups, and Identities, with several other projects under review. 

I am deeply invested in understanding how minorities of color, and particularly Black Americans, understand their belonging to the nation through their American identity. Much of my research agenda analyzes the ways in which marginalized communities internalize this identity in starkly different ways from White Americans.

In my free time, I’m probably reading a sci-fi novel or watching my favorite political drama, Star Trek : Deep Space Nine.