I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Baylor University. My research focuses on international relations, with an emphasis on alliance politics and political economy. I am especially interested in democracy and foreign policy, the financial and political consequences of alliances, and the political economy of security. My work is published in The Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Research & Politics, Security Studies, International Interactions and two edited volumes. I have also written for The Irish Independent, E-International Relations and The National Interest.

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I received a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2020, and hold a bachelor of arts from Gettysburg College (2015). Before joining Baylor, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Democratic Statecraft Lab and Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, and an Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin.