I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

My research focuses on human rights and state repression. I am particularly interested in why countries cooperate in transnational repression, measuring human rights using machine learning and text analysis, and examining public opinion and human rights. Additionally, I work on the Sub-national Analysis of Repression Project (SNARP).

My research is published in the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, and the Journal of Peace Research.

In 2024, I was awarded the International Studies Association (ISA) Human Rights Section's Best Paper Award for my paper Transnational Repression: International Cooperation in Silencing Dissent. In 2018, I received the ISA Human Rights Section's Steven C. Poe Best Graduate Student Paper Award for my paper Security-Civil Liberties Trade-offs: International Cooperation in Extraordinary Rendition.

Previously, I was an Assistant Professor of political science in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Additionally, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. I received my Ph.D in Political Science from the Department of Government at the University of Essex in 2017.