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I am an associate professor in the Political Science Department at Virginia Tech and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for Research on Children in the United States (CROCUS) at Georgetown. I completed my Ph.D.  at Georgetown University studying American Politics and Political Methodology. My research focuses on the effects of segregation and diversity on public good investment, particularly for public education. I have a masters in statistics and a BS in Honors mathematics from the University of Tennessee. My CV is available here:  CV and you can access my Google Scholar page here: Google Scholar.