I am an assistant professor of international relations and statistical methodology at Indiana University Bloomington and am affiliated with the Luddy Artificial Intelligence Center and Tobias Center for International Development. Before joining IU, I was a political scientist in the National Security Research Division at the RAND Corporation.

My substantive research broadly focuses on how armed actors involved in civil conflicts manage their relationships with non-combatants. I am particularly interested in how these groups use different forms of media and their effect on civilian attitudes. At RAND, my work primarily focused on the assessment of emerging technologies, with a special emphasis on artificial intelligence and its implications for national security.

I earned my PhD in Political Science from Michigan State University and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. My research has been published in or accepted at the Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Political Behavior, International Interactions, and Civil Wars.