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I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at UC San Diego in 2025.

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My research examines the politics of exclusion and inclusion in post-authoritarian and post-conflict settings. One strand of my research agenda investigates how exclusion manifests in these contexts, who is marginalized from the political order, through what mechanisms, and with what consequences for state-building and democratization. A second line asks how political and social institutions can be designed, and how actors within them can be leveraged, to promote inclusion and overcome entrenched patterns of marginalization. 

 

My regional focus is on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). My research has been conducted in Afghanistan (prior to the Taliban takeover in 2021) and Iraq, with ongoing projects currently underway in Syria and Libya.

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I employ a multi-method approach, combining experimental, observational, and qualitative methods to examine patterns of discrimination, reintegration, and reconciliation in post-conflict settings. I place a strong emphasis on fieldwork in the countries where I conduct surveys/experiments, often making multiple trips and speaking the local languages.

 

My research has received funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the American Political Science Association (APSA), the National Association of University Women (NAUW), Research on Middle East Political Science Grant, the Arab Fund and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.