My research focuses on how repeated policy, process, and technology adoption shapes public organizations over time. I explore how local government systems have been affected by the adoption of participatory practice and novel technologies like AI. In turn, I am interested in understanding how those elements affect the public's ability to understand their local government systems over time.
I leverage the digital footprint of public organizations to study systems and advance theory. Part of this work involves constructing novel datasets from government records, developing typologies from those datasets, and using various methods of analysis (quantitative, computational, and qualitative) to better understand complex local governance systems. I focus on areas where the population of organizations is extensive enough to allow empirical flexibility. I aim to improve the inclusiveness and sustainability of government organizations.
