I am a PhD candidate at Rice University. My research sits at the nexus of law and conflict and explores why civil wars are notoriously intractable, even when nonviolent dispute resolution mechanisms, centralized legal systems, and power-sharing agreements are ubiquitous. To date, my research has been generously funded by the National Science Foundation and Rice University’s Social Sciences Research Institute. my recent work has been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution (2021) and International Studies Quarterly (2020).
