Hello!

I am an assistant professor at Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy. I research state-building, conflict, and the political economy of development. Most of my work focuses regionally on Africa.

My book (Governing After War) explores how rebel governance shapes post-war resource allocation and the consolidation of power when rebels win war. My other projects examine post-war development, citizen agency within state-building projects, and the determinants of polarization, politicization, and disengagement.

My research has been published, or is forthcoming in, the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Journal of Peace Research, and others. From 2018-2019, I was a Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). I received my PhD in government from Harvard in 2020. From 2020-2023, I was an assistant professor at UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy.