Lab Fellows

	Nathanial Bernard is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, concentrating in American Politics and Methodology. His research interests lie at the intersection of political science and psychology, particularly political behavior, polarization, and narrative framing. He graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2026 with B.A.s in Political Science and Psychology.
	Jacob Brooks is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. His primary concentration is in American Politics. His research interests include political behavior, conspiratorial thought, polarization, and elections. Jacob graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2023 with a B.A. in Political Science.
	Donald Caviness is a third-year Political Science PhD student studying comparative politics, with a focus on the US-Mexico border. His research examines public attitudes toward border enforcement and the political dynamics of border communities.
	Katie Glenn is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder with concentrations in American Politics and Research Methodology. Katie’s research focuses on the influence of key actors (political, religious, and the media) on American public opinion and behavior. Her work has been published in the academic outlet New Trends in Qualitative Research. Katie graduated with her B.S. in Political Science in 2019 and her M.A. in Social Justice and Human Rights from Arizona State University in 2022.
	Claudette Alexandra Medina is a current graduate student in political science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on American politics regarding race, ethnicity, class, gender, and feminist theory. Currently, she is examining fascist feminism within the United States. Claudette seeks to expand quantitative analysis regarding sexual politics and feminism from a Marxist-feminist lens.
	Stone Neilon is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder with concentrations in American Politics and Methodology. Stone is primarily interested in the relationship between the built environment and political behavior. In 2025, He was awarded the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2020 with a B.A. in Political Science.
	Alex Newhouse is a PhD Candidate at the University of Colorado.

Former Lab Fellows

Damon Roberts completed his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is a Senior Data Analyst at Bloomberg.

Alexander Jensen completed his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is a Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida.

Courtney Nava completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Grinnell College.

Ian Shapiro completed his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is a an Assistant Professor at Tennessee State University

Carey Stapleton completed his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is a lecturer in the Data Analytics and Computational Social Science program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Josalyn Williams completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is the Founder and Principal Researcher of Summit View Insights.

Christina Ladam completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is now a Lecturer at the University of Oklahoma.

Joe Zamadics completed his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is now a Senior Director at PSB.

Stefani Langehennig completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Denver.

Ryan Bell completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Colorado Boulder and is a PhD student in the Department of Politics at Princeton University. His main research interests are political behavior and methodology.

Sam Register completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Colorado State University.

Madeline Mader completed her Ph. D. at the University of Colorado Boulder and is an instructor at CU Boulder and Utah State University.