I am an Assistant Professor of political science in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to that, I was a post-doc in the School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University. I received my Ph.D in Political Science from the Department of Government, University of Essex in 2017.
My research focuses on state repression, political violence, and human rights measurement. I specialize in computational methods with a focus on machine learning and text analysis. I also work on the Sub-national Analysis of Repression Project (SNARP). My research is published in International Interactions, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Human Rights, and Journal of Peace Research. I received the ISA Human Rights Section's Steven C. Poe Best Graduate Student Paper Award in 2018 for this article. |
Human Rights Violations in the Name of Countering Terrorism
Latent Measure of Counter-terrorism Human Rights Violations 1999-2016
A higher value represents higher levels of counter-terrorism human rights violations and a lower value represents lower levels of counter-terrorism human rights violations
Sub-national Analysis of Repression Project
International Cooperation in Extraordinary Rendition
Example of New Rendition Flight Circuits - Identified by the Matching Model in Cordell (2017)
Known rendition aircraft passes through Norway in September 2005 (red line) and Kazakhstan in October 2003 (blue line)
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Central Rendition Transit Corridor - Spatial Variable Constructed in Cordell (2018)
The shortest flight path from Washington D.C. to Kabul (red line) and the airport within each country closest to the flight path (blue points)
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