I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia.  I received my PhD from the Department of Politics at Princeton University in June 2012, and spent 2011-2012 on a research fellowship at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding.  Prior to my graduate studies, I received a B.A. from Stanford University and studied in Berlin as a Fulbright Scholar.

My research and teaching interests include international relations, peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention, public opinion and foreign policy, U.S. and comparative foreign policy, human security, and advocacy groups.  I am especially interested in how citizens and advocacy organizations influence foreign policy in democracies, particularly with respect to the use of force, civilian protection, and human rights.  I am also interested in the politics of environmental protection and conservation.