His topics of expertise include information processing, persuasion, strategic communication, and civic competence.
As a contributor and then as Principal Investigator to the National Science Foundation's EITM (Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models) program, he helped to develop curricula that show young scholars how to better integrate advanced empirical and theoretical methods into effective research agendas.
He has led numerous task forces on scientific communication and research transparency and is regularly asked to advise scientific organizations and research groups on how to effectively communicate science to broad and diverse audiences.
[2] He has also led or advised numerous efforts to increase transparency and data availability in scientific publishing.
[3] In 2022 he became executive director of Bold Challenges at the University of Michigan, where he leads collaborations with research centers and institutes across all three U-M campuses.