Clayton N.

I am an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara with a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard (2011), specializing in applied statistics, opinion surveys, and geographic research. I earned my bachelor's degree with honors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Before UCSB, I taught at Stanford from 2011 to 2019. My teaching spans more than 15 years, including undergraduate lectures, graduate seminars, and individual research advising. I have mentored hi…