DSC_7267I am an Associate Professor in the Political Science department at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. After completing my PhD at the Department of Political Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in June 2017, I worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Gettysburg College until 2019.

You can find my CV here.

My scholarship in the political science sub-field of International Relations (IR) addresses an important question in international politics: Why and how do states support or contest global justice institutions and norms? My research focuses mainly on two forms of transitional justice, meaning how states try to overcome legacies of past human rights violations: 1. International criminal justice and the work of international courts, and 2. Non-legal justice by former European imperial powers such as apologies or the return of colonial looted heritage.

My book, State Behavior and the International Criminal Court: Between Resistance and Cooperation (Routledge 2022), charts compliance and resistance to the ICC as a continuum and seeks to explain these state behaviors as well as the court’s response to them. You can read more about it under research. I also frequently contribute to media outlets on these topics.

My research has been supported through a Small Research Grant from the American Political Science Association, a Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation and a research grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, and various research grants from Texas State University. My work has been published in the Review of International Studies, International Relations, International Journal of Transitional Justice, the International Journal of Human Rights, Journal of Human Rights, and the Journal of International Organizations Studies.

I teach classes on International Relations, including human rights, international law, and international organizations. You can read more about my teaching experiences and look at some of my syllabi here.