Jaime Settle

Professor Settle is a Professor of Government at the College of William & Mary. In June 2012, she received her PhD from the University of California, San Diego. She is a scholar of American political behavior, interested in understanding the way that the American public experiences politics on a day-to-day basis. More specifically, her research focuses on how political interactions—in both face-to-face and online contexts—affect the way individuals perceive conflict in their environment, evaluate other people, and engage within the political system. She uses the core methodological tools employed in our discipline, but she is also interested in integrating tools from other disciplines—such as behavior genetics and psychophysiology—to inform our approach in understanding key questions within political science.

Tori Fekete

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Mona Garimella

Mona (’27) joined the lab in Spring 2025 and is majoring in Government and Psychology. She previously worked on the U.S. DEED Project and is currently contributing to a project examining the health of the local news ecosystem. Outside of SNaPP, she is passionate about student journalism, matcha, and listening to good podcasts.

Marisa MacDonald

Marisa (’27) joined the lab in Spring 2025 and is majoring in Data Science and Government.  She first worked on the US DEED Project, and is now working on a system to scrape state-level legislation for democratic erosion. She is also independently researching US presidential campaign behavior using NLP techniques. Outside of SNaPP, she is passionate about Ceramics and Boston Sports.

Emilia Murphy

Emilia (’27) joined the lab in 2025 and is majoring in government and data science. She supported the lab’s U.S. DEED pilot and is currently working with the book review team. Emilia is also pursuing an independent project about euphemistic language and politically violent rhetoric in online spaces. Beyond SNaPP, she enjoys hiking, drinking coffee, and traveling.

India Walsh

India (’28) joined SNaPP Lab in Spring ’26 and is a Government major and Data Science minor. During her first semester in the lab, she first worked on the Media Coverage of Democratic Erosion group, where they were comparing how democracy was discussed in newspapers through the decades. She is now part of the book review team, where she is . Outside of SNaPP, India loves to read, go on hikes, and binge tv shows with friends and family.

Carson Wright

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