Education
University of Chicago
Ph.D. — Political Science, 2017
Moral Subsidy
The Origins of Interest Group Influence in U.S. National Security Politics
John Mark Hansen (chair), William G. Howell, John J. Mearsheimer
A.M. — Social Science
Columbia University
B.A. — English
Employment
Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, Government and International Affairs (2018 — Present)
School of Public and International Affairs, College of Architecture and Urban Studies
Williams College
Stanley Kaplan Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (2017 – 2018)
Department of Political Science and Leadership Studies Program
University of Chicago
Preceptor (2014 – 2017)
Committee on International Relations
Harvard University
Research Fellow, International Security Program (2013 — 2014)
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government
Publications
Partners in Persuasion: Extra-Governmental Organizations in the Vietnam War
Foreign Policy Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 3. (July 2021).
Gilt By Associations: Appointments to Federal Advisory Committees in US National Security Politics
Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 1. (March 2019) pp. 97-129.
Grants
Institute for Society, Culture, and the Environment
Scholars Program Grant, $30,000
LBJ Foundation
Moody Research Grant, $1480
Truman Library Institute
Inaugural John K. Hulston Scholarship, $2600
The Roosevelt Institute
Grant-in-Aid, $750
The Eisenhower Presidential Library
Abiline Travel Grant, $875
University of Chicago
Research Travel Grant, $2500
Awards
American Political Science Association
Leonard D. White Award for best doctoral dissertation on public administration
University of Chicago
Grodzins Prize Lectureship