I am an assistant professor in the School of Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Iowa. I research the politics of nonprofits and the environment. Specifically, I examine how U.S. partisan politics shape the American nonprofit sector. I also investigate the unequal distribution and quality of local public services. More broadly, I am interested in the intersection of geography and political science, including environmental politics, environmental justice, and developing new methods of spatial analysis. I teach classes on public policy, public administration, environmental politics, and research methods.