Welcome to my website. I am an associate professor at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. In AY 2025-2026, I will be a visiting fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University.

My research and teaching focus on international political economy, particularly how governments, firms, and workers navigate the political and economic challenges of globalization and technological change. I study the evolving relationship between global production strategies and domestic political dynamics, with an emphasis on how offshoring and automation jointly transform labor markets, reshape political coalitions, and alter the distributional consequences of openness.

Rather than treating trade, FDI, and automation as separate forces, my current work conceptualizes them as interrelated firm strategies to minimize labor costs. When governments raise trade barriers, firms often respond by automating. My research examines how these decisions impact national politics, from weakening the influence of labor unions to shifting support for redistributive and protectionist policies and influencing election outcomes. 

Additionally, I am a co-PI in the Pitt Cyber Energy Center, a Department of Energy-funded project. My research examines how policy incentives and organizational capacity shape investment in cybersecurity in critical infrastructure sectors like energy.

Before joining the University of Pittsburgh,  I was a faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University from  2011 to 2018. In 2016, I was a visiting researcher at the University of Zurich and in AY 2010-2011, I was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University.