Welcome to my website! I am an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Ursinus College. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Colorado Boulder. From 2014 to 2016, I was an assistant professor of political science at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany.
I study the impact of international organizations and processes on politics, focusing mainly on how disputes evolve in different international institutional environments. My research in progress examines the following questions:
On my teaching page, you can find class materials for the courses I am currently teaching or have taught, the ICSPR summer program workshop on Applied Bayesian Modeling, materials from computing workshops I have taught, and information on teaching awards and evaluations. Code for computing functions and examples is located on my GitHub site.
I study the impact of international organizations and processes on politics, focusing mainly on how disputes evolve in different international institutional environments. My research in progress examines the following questions:
- When can international organizations use their economic leverage to mitigate interstate disputes?
- How can international organizations contribute to preventing and settling civil wars?
- How do local and historical context condition voters' responses to partisan realignment and demographic changes in Western democracies?
On my teaching page, you can find class materials for the courses I am currently teaching or have taught, the ICSPR summer program workshop on Applied Bayesian Modeling, materials from computing workshops I have taught, and information on teaching awards and evaluations. Code for computing functions and examples is located on my GitHub site.