Welcome to my website! 

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Dickinson College. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019.  I teach and research on international relations and comparative politics, with a regional focus in Southeast Asia.

My broader research interests are in political violence, gender and conflict, human rights, and the long-term consequences of conflict. My book project, building on my dissertation, centers on questions of survival during mass violence. It takes on an overlooked question of unintended victims of state violence through an investigation of the deaths from famine in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. My research has been supported by the Department of Education through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad, as well as the Mellon-Wisconsin fellowship, and UW-Madison’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Division of International Studies.

Prior to my doctoral studies, I received an MA from the University of Chicago in International Relations, and a BA from Cornell University in Government and Asian Studies.  

The photo of a Khmer Rouge worksite above was generously shared with me by an interview subject in Battambang, Cambodia