I am Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. I am also an Associate Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. My research focuses on political violence and international security in South Asia. My first book, Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse, was published by Cornell University Press in 2014. My second book, Armed Politics: Violence, Order, and the State in South Asia, will be published by Cornell in 2022. Other current research agendas examine the intersection of domestic politics and international relations in South Asia, the use of social media by political actors, and changes in the nature of conflict in the region.  I tweet @pstanpolitics and post snapshots on Flickr; I also have a less interesting Google Scholar page.

Note: I am on research leave during the 2020-21 academic year.