PhD in Political Science | Assistant Professor at UB
War and methods.
I am Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo. My areas of specialization are international relations (interstate conflict) and political methodology (econometrics). Prior to UB, I spent a year at Michigan State University’s James Madison College, two years at the University of Virginia’s Department of Politics, a year at the College of William & Mary’s Department of Government, and five years as Senior Lecturer in the University Scholars Programme, the multidisciplinary honors college for the National University of Singapore.
I did my graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh (PhD, 2013; MA, 2009) and my undergraduate work at the Rochester Institute of Technology (BS, 2007). My work has been published in Conflict Management and Peace Science, International Interactions, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Legislative Studies, Political Analysis, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Stata Journal. I also have a monograph through the Cambridge Elements series.
I did my graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh (PhD, 2013; MA, 2009) and my undergraduate work at the Rochester Institute of Technology (BS, 2007). My work has been published in Conflict Management and Peace Science, International Interactions, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Legislative Studies, Political Analysis, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Stata Journal. I also have a monograph through the Cambridge Elements series.
My substantive research focuses on how contextual factors affect countries’ behavior at the international level, primarily in terms of militarized conflict between countries. I examine “context” as both an exogenous and endogenous factor, in terms of disputed issues, IO membership, conflict stages, and stage sequences.
I also have interests in quantitative methodology. Most of my work deals with duration models, particularly how we can use them to model political processes. I am also developing models to assess claims about event sequences, such as whether events’ ordering has downstream implications for later events. Relatedly, I work with models that account for interdependence among outcomes and models that account for sample selection.
I also have interests in quantitative methodology. Most of my work deals with duration models, particularly how we can use them to model political processes. I am also developing models to assess claims about event sequences, such as whether events’ ordering has downstream implications for later events. Relatedly, I work with models that account for interdependence among outcomes and models that account for sample selection.
As a native Rochesterian living in Buffalo, I do my part by continuing to cheer loudly for the old and the new Rochester Knighthawks. I also take pride in bringing my quant skills to bear by dishing out some good-natured ribbing about 585 being greater than 716.