I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) at the University of Birmingham.
I was previously a Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow jointly appointed at the International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School and the Security Studies Program, MIT. I was also a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at the Notre Dame International Security Center.
I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota in August of 2020.
I study international security, grand strategy, and civil-military relations, with a specific focus on the domestic politics of great power politics and the politics of military service. I have methodological interests in automated text analysis, content analysis, and survey research.
My work has appeared in Security Studies; International Studies Quarterly; Perspectives on Politics; Politics, Groups, and Identities; The European Journal of International Security; The Journal of Global Security Studies; Armed Forces & Society; The Washington Quarterly; Political Quarterly; The Journal of Human Rights Practice; Environmental Communication; and The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Additionally, my work has appeared in popular outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post/Made by History, War on the Rocks, The Conversation, and The Duck of Minerva.
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