Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University, specializing in international relations and comparative politics, with a focus on gender, peace, and security using quantitative methods. My work is forthcoming/published in the Review of International Organization.

In my dissertation, I examine the role of women leaders in states' conflict resolution and security issues, focusing on humanitarian military interventions, military alliances, and foreign policy decisions between economic sanctions and military action. My dissertation has been generously supported by the IHS Humane Studies Fellowship, IHS Survey Expense, the Institute for Peace and Conflict Fellowship, APSA Experimental Research Section Early Career Fellowship, APSA Centennial Center Research Grant, and the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University. 

Across my work, I use causal inference, surveys, and experiments. My broader research agenda focuses on foreign policy & economic statecraft, gender & politics, executive branch politics, human rights & security, MENA politics, U.S.-Iran relations, and methods.