Welcome
Welcome to my website! I am an Assistant Professor in the Political Science department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). I am currently a Linowes Fellow at the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, and will hold a faculty fellows position at the Center for Advanced Study (UIUC) during AY2020-21. I was an assistant professor at the University of Iowa before moving to Illinois, and received my PhD from the University of Maryland.
In my research, I seek to understand how conflict ends and why combatants behave the way they do during war. Within these areas, my work is connected by three prevailing themes: a focus on how leaders' political incentives affect conflict behavior, an interest in how combatants' incentives are influenced by international law and legal institutions, and a dedication to developing original data to best answer the questions that drive my research.
I have published research in these substantive areas in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, International Organization, the British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Several of my new and ongoing research projects have received funding from the Department of Defense, UIUC Research Board, and the Swedish Folke Bernadotte Academy.
In my research, I seek to understand how conflict ends and why combatants behave the way they do during war. Within these areas, my work is connected by three prevailing themes: a focus on how leaders' political incentives affect conflict behavior, an interest in how combatants' incentives are influenced by international law and legal institutions, and a dedication to developing original data to best answer the questions that drive my research.
I have published research in these substantive areas in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, International Organization, the British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Several of my new and ongoing research projects have received funding from the Department of Defense, UIUC Research Board, and the Swedish Folke Bernadotte Academy.
