I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rice University. I completed my PhD at the at the University of California, Berkeley and was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.

My research centers on the international dimensions of authoritarian politics and democratization, with a particular emphasis on opposition politics and international democracy promotion, and a regional focus on Southeast Asia. My book project examines the success and strategies of opposition parties, focusing on the international activities of these actors in authoritarian contexts. Other work work explores opposition competition in authoritarian elections, processes of autocratization, and the challenges of democracy promotion and governance aid.

My academic research has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and Political Communication, and has been supported by the American Political Science Association, the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, the Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG), and Berkeley's Institute for International Studies. My other writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, Slate, The Diplomat, and World Politics Review, among other publications.

I was previously based in Bangkok, Thailand, where I worked as the Research and Advocacy Director of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights. I also worked as a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and I hold a a BA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University.