Welcome. I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland. My primary research interests include self-determination, secession, civil war, leadership in rebellion, and non-violent resistance. I received my Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 2007. I have been a Fulbright Scholar and a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. My book Inside the Politics of Self-determination was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. My work has also been published in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, Journal of Politics, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Research, International Studies Quarterly, International Organization, Research & Politics and Perspectives on Politics. I received the ISA's 2017 ISSS Emerging Scholar Award. |
Recent news
Recent talks and travelsUniversity of Edinburgh, Centre on Constitutional Change 2020
Naval Post-Graduate School 2020 Political Economy & Political Science Workshop, London 2019 American University SIS Complex Governance Workshop 2019 UCL Global Governance Institute (GGI) 2019 Ostrom Workshop. University of Indiana 2019 Columbia University 2019 Syracuse University 2019 APSA Women's Research Mentoring Workshop 2018 University of North Carolina 2018 University of New Mexico 2018 Duke University 2018 University College London 2018 |
Current positions in the profession
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