I am a Ph.D. Candidate in political science at the University of Chicago. My research focuses on the domestic politics of international security with a regional focus on South Asia. I am writing my dissertation, “Rewriting the Rules: Leaders, Bureaucrats, and the Elite Politics of Democratic Foreign Policymaking”, on the strategies political leaders use to reduce the influence of bureaucratic elites in foreign policy and national security agencies.
Formerly I was a researcher at the Stimson Center’s South Asia program in Washington, DC. My commentary has been featured in Foreign Policy, The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog, War on the Rocks, The Wire, and The Diplomat. I hold a B.S. in International Studies from Indiana University and an M.A. in political science from the University of Chicago.
