Welcome.

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at William & Mary and Director of NukeLab at W&M’s Global Research Institute. I was previously a Fellow with the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the RAND Corporation. I completed my Ph.D. in political science at the University of California, San Diego in 2015.

My research and teaching examine the drivers of international and civil conflict, the causes and consequences of the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the role of international security institutions in constraining state behavior. I have methodological interests in quantitative analysis and predictive analytics. I also co-host Cheap Talk, a podcast about international relations.

Before returning to academia, I worked on nuclear proliferation issues for the US government, conducted large-scale social network studies of regional economic development programs, and analyzed international environmental negotiations.

I hold an M.A. in political science from the University of California, San Diego, an M.P.P. in international security policy from Harvard's Kennedy School, and a B.A. in political science from Yale.