I'm a second-year PhD student and the Carl J. Friedrich Fellow in the Department of Government at Harvard University.

I’m primary interested in structuralist approaches to political behavior and institutions, with a focus on their geographical (spatial/place and natural) origins. I'm also interested in measurement.

Research

• Dasanaike, N. (2021). Businessperson Deputies and Party Cohesion: Evidence from the Russian State Duma. Party Politics, 13540688211025176.

Working Papers

• Small-Area Estimation Using Gaussian Process Grouped IRT Regression and Post-Stratification (with Jacob Montgomery, Bryant Moy, and Santiago Olivella)