Research
Publications
Media capture in Africa: a case study in Tanzania
Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption (2026)
The effect of radio dramas on willingness to report intimate partner violence: evidence from a survey experiment in Tanzania
Frontiers in Communication (2025)
Journalism for development: the role of journalism in promoting democracy, political accountability, and sustainable development
UNESCO (2024)
Working papers
Climate change news, blame attribution, and support for environmental protection in rural Tanzania: evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment
GML Working Paper #5
Journalism and blame attribution in hegemonic party regimes: evidence from Tanzania
GML Working Paper #4
The long-term effects of a radio drama on HIV attitudes and policy priorities
Revise and resubmit, Social Science and Medicine
The persuasive power of Africa's High Courts: evidence from Tanzania
Revise and resubmit, World Development
A radio drama's effects on environmental protection: experimental evidence from Tanzania
Information or motivation? How watchdog journalism can promote government responsiveness in Tanzania
Governments respond to watchdog journalism: evidence from a field experiment in Tanzania
Research in progress
The authority gap: differential effects of judicial and religious elite messaging on social and policy attitudes in Tanzania
Mass media messages and intimate partner violence in Rwanda
What drives solar uptake? Evidence from Tanzania
Mass media messages and family planning in Nigeria
Class, tribe, and gender: the determinants of court shopping in rural Tanzania
Religious leader messages to combat human trafficking
Local journalism and public health service delivery
Local radio to build trust in public health in Tanzania
The supply of watchdog journalism
The rise of religious radio
Student honors theses
Stigma as a barrier to the reintegration of human trafficking survivors: evidence from Tanzania
Honors thesis, Lafayette College (2026)
International responses to starvation as a weapon of war
Honors thesis, Lafayette College (2026)