- Dissertation: Potential Fighting Capability and State Concessions: A Study of Violent Rebellion and Nonviolent Resistance
- Committee: Jaroslav Tir (Chair), Aysegul Aydin, Megan Shannon, David Bearce, Erica Chenoweth (Harvard Kennedy School)
- Major Fields: International Relations
- Ph.D. 2015
- Associate Research Scientist, OCLC Next