I am a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where I serve as associate department chair and sit on the faculty boards of the Center for International Social Science and Center in Delhi. I previously served two terms as faculty director of the Committee on International Relations MA program. Externally, I am a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, nonresident senior fellow for Asia Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and co-editor of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs book series.

My research focuses on political violence and international security, with a regional emphasis on South and Southeast Asia. My first book, Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse, was published by Cornell University Press in 2014. My second book, Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation, was published by Cornell in 2021. I received the 2022 Karl Deutsch Award for contributions to the study of International Relations and Peace Research from the International Studies Association. I am currently writing a book about the effects of major power competition on “swing” states in Asia and beyond (under advance contract with Princeton University Press). Outside of work, I am a proud Chicago Public Schools parent, amateur photographer, and fan of the Chicago Bulls.