​Welcome. I am a Professor in the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland. My current research interests include nonstate actor governance, conflict, and climate change.  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 work has 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. My latest book is Rebel Governance in the Age of Climate Change.

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Recent news

• New book! Rebel Governance in the Age of Climate Change  
  with Leo Gentil-Fernandez, Elisabeth Gilmore, Reyko Huang, Danielle Jung, and Cyanne Loyle
• Strategies of Resistance update is here at Journal of Peace Research
• Armed rebel groups engage in climate governance now out at Climatic Change
• My Presidential Address for Peace Science is published at CMPS: Creating (with) Community: The Value of Collaboration in Peace Science
• Great discussion of Malm’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline in Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence
• New article! Internal Drivers of Self-rule Referendums with Laia Balcells and Harriet Goers.​

Current positions 

• I maintain the Rebel Governance Network
• I serve as an Associate Editor at the American Journal of Political Science
• I am the BSOS Advance Professor at UMD
• I am a member of the Non-State Armed Governance Group
• I maintain a crowd-sourced Database of Faculty Accommodations  Please contribute!​

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Recent talks and travels

University of Michigan, School for Environment & Sustainability 2024
​Edinburgh Dialogue on Constitution Building in Fragile Settings 2024
​DOD Basic Research Office Forum Presentation 2024
​All Azimuth Workshop Series, Bilkent University 2024
Peace Science Society International Presidential Address 2023
​Network of European Peace Scientists, Bologna 2023
APL Research Frontiers Forum: Climate Change & National Security 2023

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Travels and Loki

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