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I am a Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft postdoctoral Fellow at MIT's Security Studies Program. My research expertise focuses on topics at the intersection of international security and international political economy.   

My research and teaching interests include economic statecraft, international security, international organizations, and foreign policy. In particular, I investigate the political effects of financial coercion in foreign policy. The book project from my dissertation, "The Financialization of Foreign Policy: Targeted Financial Sanctions and Government Retaliation," identifies the conditions that prompt hostile government responses to the imposition of targeted financial sanctions on subnational actors by the U.S.  

I received my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I hold an M.A. in Political Science from UW-Madison and undergraduate degrees in Economics and Political Science from Oklahoma State University where I competed for the NCAA Division I track and cross country teams. I enjoy running, hiking, and reading fiction.

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