Welcome.

I am an assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. My research focuses on the dynamics of violence in both conventional and guerrilla warfare, with particular attention to Russia's Northern Caucasus.

On-going projects include assessing how indiscriminate violence and ethnicity shape patterns of insurgent violence in Chechnya; the causes of victory in wars since 1800; and the dynamics of rebel violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Northern Caucasus.

My research has been published in International Organization, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and World Politics,  and has been funded by the United States Institute of Peace and the MacArthur Foundation, among others.

I was the recipient of the 2007 Helen Dwight Reid Prize for Best Dissertation in International Relations, Law, and Politics, and also received the 2007 Stanley Kelley, Jr., Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Politics Department.

Ph.D., Cornell.