Welcome.

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Photo credit: Joshua Fernandez

I am an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University.

My research focuses on the connections between nationalism, political development, and security, with a focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union. My peer-reviewed articles have been published in International Security, Problems of Post-Communism, Russian Politics, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, and Nationalities Papers. 

My co-authored book, Decolonizing Russia? Disentangling Debates, was published in 2025 by Cambridge University Press (Elements in Soviet and Post-Soviet History).

I have also developed and taught a range of courses at Wake Forest University, The George Washington University and Sciences Po, ranging from international relations and comparative politics to the politics of identity, Russian politics, and the Russia-Ukraine War.

Beyond research and teaching, I have contributed to a wide range of public-facing and policy-oriented media, including the BBC, CBC Canada, The Conversation US, The Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia), Riddle.Russia, and Russia.Post
 
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