I am an America in the World Consortium Fellow in the Program in American Grand Strategy at Duke University. Previously, I was a Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft postdoctoral Fellow in MIT's Security Studies Program and Harvard's Belfer Center. My expertise includes topics at the intersection of international security and international political economy.   

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My research and teaching interests encompass economic statecraft, international security, international institutions, 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, Vulnerability, 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.  

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I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from 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.