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I am the Sam Reed Distinguished Associate Professor at Washington State University’s School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs. I hold a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, where I studied under John McCauley and Mark Lichbach.

I specialize in Comparative Politics and International Development. My work generally centers on African politics, social movements and conflict processes, and peace-building. I have worked and conducted research in Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa, and Afghanistan. I also have a keen  interest in examining the political origins of antisemitism in countries with large Jewish diasporas. I work in both French and English. I am on the editorial committees of the Journal of Peace Research as well as Political Psychology.

My work has been published in the Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Political Geography, Social Movement Studies, Politics, Nations and Nationalism, Political Studies Review, and the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism. My research has been supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, USAID, the Department of Defense, the Anti-Defamation League, the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, and the Academic Engagement Network. My article in Political Studies Review was awarded the Best Article of 2021 by the journal’s editorial staff.

I maintain one foot in the fields of policy and international development. I have worked as Program Manager with Management Systems International and Associates in Rural Development in Washington, DC, specializing in programs in democratic rule of law, natural resource management, and post-conflict stabilization in Africa and the Middle East. I have also helped to manage an Africa-oriented governance program at Global Integrity and served as a Research Fellow with the Center for Open Data Enterprise.