Welcome. I am an Associate Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. My research and teaching focus on international and domestic conflict, terrorism, and environmental politics. In particular, I study how organizational characteristics and local-level contexts shape terrorist behavior. Recent projects examine the effects of competition on terrorist violence, the spatial dimensions of domestic terrorism, and the role of leadership in shaping group violence.

My work has appeared in leading journals, including Conflict Management and Peace Science, International Interactions, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and Terrorism & Political Violence.

I received my Ph.D. in Political Science (International Relations) from the University of Iowa in 2010. Before joining Oklahoma State University in 2013, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Kansas State University and a Teaching Assistant Professor at East Carolina University.