I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at Auburn University’s Department of Political Science. My research centers broadly on transnational repression, authoritarianism, diaspora mobilization, and transnational social movement’s appeals and their impact on public opinion.
A focus of my research is transnational repression, or the repression of diasporas by their origin states across international borders. While most scholarship on transnational repression asks when and how predatory origin states pursue opponents abroad, I ask under what circumstances do host states impose costs for, or facilitate, transnational repression. To this end, I have created the Host Response to transnational Repression Dataset (HRRD), a novel dataset of host state responses to transnational repression.
My research had been published in the Journal of Peace Research, the Economics of Peace and Security Journal, as well as the Washington Post’s “Monkey Cage.”
At Auburn I teach courses on global politics as well as comparative politics of the Middle East, drawing on my experiences traveling and working in the region prior to my time at the University of Maryland. I have also instructed courses on global authoritarianism, international relations, and research methodology.
