I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Gender and Security Sector (GSS) Lab at Cornell University and a 2023-24 United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Peace Scholar, and I earned my Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2024. I am on the job market. I conduct research on how international security providers, particularly UN peacekeepers and private military and security contractors (PMSCs), impact violence and stability in conflict zones, offering new insights into the evolving nature of international and domestic security.

I apply advanced methods of causal inference to uncover the effects of nonstate actors on violence, and I have experience teaching quantitative methods to graduate students. In my job market paper, I develop a novel theory on the gendered effects of peacekeepers and provide the first quantitative empirical analysis of female peacekeepers; I also study contractors such as Russia's Wagner Group and the UN's own use of private security.

Beyond my substantive research, I specialize in survey implementation and research data infrastructure for complex, multi-country projects, and I am the primary data lead for the GSS Lab's military and police surveys. This work extends into policy-relevant fieldwork: through the MOWIP project I have worked with partners including the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, UN Women, and the Elsie Initiative Fund to translate survey findings into recommendations for gender-sensitive reform.