I am a PhD candidate in Political Science at Rice University. My research addresses the interaction between law and conflict in two contexts:

1. how disagreements over appropriate legal systems contribute to the onset, resolution, and recurrence of civil war; and 
2. how variations in legal mechanisms affect the enforceability of economic sanctions, nonstate governance, justice, indiscriminate violence and terrorism.

I am especially motivated to understand why civil wars are notoriously intractable, even when nonviolent dispute resolution mechanisms, centralized legal systems, and power-sharing agreements are ubiquitous. 

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All photos on this site were taken by me.​
NOTE THAT MANY DEPICT A LOCATION WHERE some form of MILITARIZED CONFLICT OCCURRED.
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