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Welcome!
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Previously, I was a Presidential Fellow at George Washington University and a Civil War Paths Fellow at the University of York's Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from George Washington University in 2024. I'm currently on the academic job market. My research interests lie at the intersection of comparative politics and international relations. I analyze questions surrounding armed group behavior, civil war dynamics, militant leaders, ideology, cooperation between armed actors, and civilian victimization. To do so, I draw on original large-n datasets, Arabic-language sources, and documents and videos published by armed groups. My multi-method research has been published or is forthcoming in multiple journals, including the Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Studies Review, International Interactions, Terrorism and Political Violence, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, and Texas National Security Review. I connect this scholarship to ongoing policy debates and have published with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States Institute of Peace, and Irregular Warfare Initiative. I have experience teaching in different settings. In 2014, I volunteered as an English-language teacher in Hebron, instructing beginner, intermediate, and advanced level proficiency courses to children, teenagers, and adults. Since then, I designed and taught multiple courses as an Instructor of Record at George Washington University. GW's Department of Political Science awarded my Political Violence in the Middle East class as the best course taught by a graduate student in 2021-2022. Currently, I'm a Lecturer for the Introduction to Public Policy course at Princeton University. Outside of the classroom, I love going on adventures with my pup Rio. I have lived and traveled throughout the Middle East and North Africa and completed intensive Arabic-language programs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Oman. I am also a sports fan and played Division-1 soccer at Elon University, competing in multiple NCAA tournaments while making the Southern Conference All-Academic Team in 2010, 2012, and 2013. Despite the past decade of misery, I remain a big Manchester United supporter. |