I received my Ph.D. in politics from New York University in 2009. Since then I have worked at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009-2015), the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (2015-2017), the University of Iowa (2018-2020), Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (2021-2023) , the University of Calgary (2023), and the Chinese University of Hong Kong --Shenzhen (2023-2025). I am currently a visiting scholar in the school of business at MacEwan University. 

My research interests lie in comparative politics, international development, political economy, public policy, and quantitative methods. I have published research articles in Constitutional Political Economy, Defense and Peace Economics, Defense and Security Analysis, Democracy and Security, International Interactions, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Israel Affairs, Journal of International Relations and Development, New Political Economy, Oxford Development Studies, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Political Studies Review, Policy Studies, Politics, Representation, Security and Defense Quarterly, and Statistics, Politics and Policy.