Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. My research and teaching examine the role of religion in conflict, state counterinsurgency and repression, and civil wars and political violence more broadly. I am especially interested in British military history and conflicts in the Middle East and East Africa.
I have received support for my research from the National Science Foundation, the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, the Berkeley Institute of International Studies, the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, and the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association. I was a Visiting Fellow at the Uppsala Forum on Democracy, Peace and Justice at Uppsala University in 2015.
My published work is forthcoming or has appeared in the Journal of Conflict Resolution (with Peter Henne) and St. Antony’s International Review, along with edited volumes on the military chaplaincy (with Ron E. Hassner) and interfaith dialogue (with Cristina Novoa and Fathali M. Moghaddam). My research has also been featured on the Research on Religion Podcast.
I have received support for my research from the National Science Foundation, the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, the Berkeley Institute of International Studies, the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, and the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association. I was a Visiting Fellow at the Uppsala Forum on Democracy, Peace and Justice at Uppsala University in 2015.
My published work is forthcoming or has appeared in the Journal of Conflict Resolution (with Peter Henne) and St. Antony’s International Review, along with edited volumes on the military chaplaincy (with Ron E. Hassner) and interfaith dialogue (with Cristina Novoa and Fathali M. Moghaddam). My research has also been featured on the Research on Religion Podcast.