I am an Assistant Professor of Government and a political economist with a regional focus on South Asia. Much of my current work examines why ethnic divisions persist in developing countries, and what government policy can do to reduce them. In addition, I have conducted collaborative field experiments in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Tanzania, in which I worked with local civil society organizations to empower communities to hold their education and healthcare officials accountable for the quality of essential services. Prior to Dartmouth, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.