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, and has been published in International Security, Problems of Post-Communism, and Russian Politics.

In 2023 I completed my PhD at the George Washington University, where my dissertation research engaged in a comparative, cross-case study of Russia’s 21 ethnic republics to unpack the historical and elite origins of identities at the subnational level. This project has been supported by the Harriman Institute of Columbia University and funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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 to identity politics, modern Russian politics, and the Russia-Ukraine War.

Beyond research and teaching, I have contributed to The Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia), Riddle.Russia, and have been a fellow for the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia.
 
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