He studies political theory with an emphasis on questions at the intersection of democratic theory and formal political theory. His current work aims to develop a conception of representative democracy and popular control consistent with insights from social choice theory. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard in 2012 and his B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. Before joining the faculty at UC San Diego in 2017, he was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia.