RESEARCH

I conduct research on three major thematic areas: peacekeeping, the impact of electoral politics on foreign policy, and post-conflict politics. I use a variety of approaches in my research, including qualitative, quantitative, and experimental methods.

Journal Articles

• Peacekeeping and the Enforcement of Intergroup Cooperation: Evidence from Mali. Forthcoming. Journal of Politics.
  • ​Pre-print.
  • ​Replication Data.
  • Appendix.
  • Pre-Analysis Plan.
  • Featured as Empirical Studies of Conflict Working Paper 20. 
• Why Share? An Analysis of the Sources of Power-Sharing after Conflict. 2021. Journal of Peace Research.
  • ​Pre-print.
  • Replication Data.
  • Appendix.
• Nationality, Gender, and Deployments at the Local Level: Introducing the RADPKO Dataset. 2020.​ International Peacekeeping. With Patrick Hunnicutt. 
  • Pre-print.
  • ​Replication Data.
  • Appendix.
  • Access the RADPKO data portal for the latest version.
• ​What is the Mechanism Underlying Audience Costs? Incompetence, Belligerence, and Inconsistency. 2019. Journal of Peace Research. With Nicholas Sambanis.
  • ​Pre-print.
  • Replication Data.
  • Appendix.
  • Accompanying guest blog post in the Duck of Minerva.
• Does Electoral Proximity Affect Security Policy? 2015. Journal of Politics. With Nikolay Marinov and Josh Robbins.
• Reevaluating Foreign-Imposed Regime Change. 2013/2014. International Security.

Working Papers

• Can Appeals for Peace Promote Tolerance and Mitigate Support for Extremism? Evidence from an Experiment with Adolescents in Burkina Faso. Invited to revise and resubmit at Journal of Experimental Political Science. With Allison Grossman and Niloufer Siddiqui. 
• Unintended Consequences: Reconsidering ​the Effects of UN Peacekeeping on State-sponsored Violence. Under review. With Danielle Villa.
• More Security, More Legitimacy? Effective Governance as a Source of State Legitimacy in Areas of Limited Statehood. Under Review. With Eric Stollenwerk.
• Non-Combatants or Counter-Insurgents? The Strategic Logic of Violence against UN Peacekeepers. With Patrick Hunnicutt and Rob Williams.​
• Peace is in the Eye of the Beholder: How Perceptions of Impartiality Shape Peacekeeping Outcomes​.
• Do UN Peacekeepers Reduce Communal Violence? Evidence from Disputes in Burkina Faso and Mali. With Ipek Sener and Rob Williams.

Work-in-Progress

• Local Solutions to Local Problems? Evaluating the Effectiveness of Educational Programs to Reduce Interethnic Tensions and Local Violence. With Allison Grossman and Niloufer Siddiqui. Funded by Innovation for Poverty Action's Peace and Recovery Program.
• Capacity-Building as a Means for Sustainable Peace: An Investigation of the Relationship between Electricity Blackouts and Violent Protest in Liberia. With Patrick Hunnicutt. Funded by the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
• Diversifying Publics in International Relations: A New Framework for Analyzing Audience Costs within a Changing Social Context. With Elana Resnick.

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