CV and Profile
Profile
I am a Full Instructor of Social Science/Academic Specialist at New York University Abu Dhabi. I work in international relations and comparative politics, with research on European strategic culture, digital sovereignty, technology regulation, and international security.
I earned a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine in 2022. I hold a Master of International Studies from North Carolina State University and a BA in Political Science and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Teaching
At NYU Abu Dhabi, I teach international security, quantitative methods, GIS, negotiation, business analytics, and capstone seminars. I mentor capstone students on data management and analysis. In January 2026, I co-taught Practicing Politics in the Age of Disruption with the Rt. Hon. Lord Cameron, former UK prime minister.
At UC Irvine, I taught political science discussion sections and delivered guest lectures. At North Carolina State University, I taught international relations. View my teaching profile, courses, and guest lectures.
Research
I study European strategic culture, digital sovereignty, European technology regulation, Arctic security, and relations among Europe, China, Russia, and the United States. Read my doctoral dissertation, Emergent Strategic Culture: Post-Cold War Europe Navigating Great Power Relations with the U.S., Russia, and China, on UC eScholarship.
Since 2023, I have presented research on the European technology stack, Arctic security, the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, and European digital sovereignty. See my research, publications, and conference presentations.
Research methods and technical skills
I use R, Stata, Python, and QGIS for statistical analysis, text analysis, web scraping, network analysis, qualitative comparative analysis, and multi-method research design. At UC Irvine, I used R to collect and analyze text on EU-China relations and social media.
I speak advanced French and have studied Arabic and Russian.
Selected experience and service
Research Assistant, UC Irvine: I collected primary and secondary sources for a global value chains project and analyzed social media text in R.
Political Section Intern, U.S. Mission to the European Union: I researched Roma integration, EU crisis-management planning, and the security implications of space debris.
University service: I interviewed prospective NYU Abu Dhabi students and served as faculty liaison for UC Irvine political science graduate students.
Professional development
I completed the AI-Responsive Teaching Essentials certificate through NYU’s Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning in September 2026. I have completed programs in course design, mentoring, R and Python programming, data analysis, network analysis, text mining, and qualitative and multi-method research. View my certificates and professional training.