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About Me
My research focuses on the nexus of migration, violence, and peacebuilding. My current project, Homeward Bound: Return Migration and Conflict in Burundi, examines how an often ignored but ubiquitous consequence of civil war — the return of displaced populations — affects post-conflict environments. I am spending the 2018-2019 academic year as a postdoctoral research fellow at Perry World House, the University of Pennsylvania's global policy research center. In Fall 2019, I will join the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California as assistant professor of international relations. I have worked with international policy organizations including the U.S. Institute of Peace, the World Bank, and the Sudd Institute. You can read more about my work in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog, Slate, and Political Violence at a Glance. I am also the author of Agents of Change: Youth in Post-Conflict Reconstruction. The book challenges prior notions of the impact of the global youth population bulge. I hold a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. |