I am Associate Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College as well as a faculty committee member of Peace and Conflict Studies.
My research focuses on civilian agency and civilian protection in armed conflict, humanitarianism, peacekeeping, and the role of international institutions. I have conducted fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Kenya, and Iraq. I am the author of Taking Sides in Peacekeeping: Impartiality and the Future of the United Nations (Oxford University Press, 2016), several academic journal articles, and co-editor of Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings: A Comparative Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2023). I am currently working on a book project about the moral agency of frontline protectors.