For the 2012-15 academic years he was a Junior Faculty Fellow at the Hariri Institute for Computational Science & Engineering. In 2010 he co-founded the Research in American and Comparative Politics Workshop (RAC) and in 2016 co-chaired the first Day of BU Data Science (BUDS). He is currently a Faculty Affiliate at Hariri and sits on the Steering Committees for the Institute and the Data Science Initiative. Prior to academia he worked in politics as a public affairs consultant and as a campaign advisor.