About

An emerging Comparative Politics and International Relations scholar with a focus on restorative and transitional justice, my work is focused on answering questions related to the demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration (DDR) of combatants and the communities in which these programs take place. Geographically, my work involves the development of research designs in conflict zones, specifically focusing on the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

I am interested in individual- and community-level questions of conflict, peace-building, political violence, and alliance-making among and between non-state actors. With formal training in both interpretive and positivist qualitative methods, as well as quantitative methods, I am interested in developing multi-method research designs that employ the use of primary resource information.

In addition to my research, I am involved in developing the Enough! campaign (which focuses on eliminating mineral conflict, systematic rape, and child soldiering in the DRC) on the University of New Mexico campus. I am also an active member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the Wounded Warrior Project, and Horses for Heroes.

Specialties: African politics, interpretive qualitative methods, the politics of violence, warfare history, scholarly writing, netwar studies, international organizations, alliances