About me
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I am a researcher and policy analyst, working at the intersection of development, diplomacy and security. I currently serve as a Lecturer for the Program in International Relations at Stanford University. I am also a Research Fellow at Georgetown University in the School of Foreign Service, within the Center for Women, Peace, and Security.
Previously, I served as Lecturing Fellow at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy in the Center for International Development and Visiting Assistant Professor at Duke Kunshan University. I was also previously Director for Education Content at the Council on Foreign Relations, Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, Nonresident Fellow at the Institute for Global Affairs, and a staff writer for Mic.com.
My work focuses on foreign policy, democracy, Middle East politics, international law, women, peace, and security, AI and other emerging technologies, and the connections between development and international security. Among ongoing projects, I currently lead a research project on the intersections of AI and democracy together with Carnegie California, the West Coast program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Another stand of my work is focused on improving the research-policy nexus and avenues for expanding evidence-based policymaking together with the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab.
My research has been published in a range of outlets, including in Foreign Policy, Just Security, The Washington Quarterly, World Politics Review, The National Interest, Think Global Health, CFR.org, Human Rights Review, and as chapters in The Arab Gulf States and the West: Perception and Misperception, Opportunities and Perils, and The Routledge History of Human Rights. I have also served as a contributor for BBC News, CNN and Arise America TV News. My current book project is exploring mergers of development and diplomacy agencies, exploring lessons for U.S. bureaucracy. I also write a Living Literature Review on interdisciplinary research for innovative public policy solutions, "Bridging Boundaries."
I have worked on projects with and funded by UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate, OECD, Transparency International, The World Bank, DFID, USAID, Global Affairs Canada, Swedish International Development Agency, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Packard Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners and donors. I am also currently working as a co-creation fellow with the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab in partnership with Bridging the Gap, developing a series of training modules for research-policy partnerships.
I hold a BA in Politics and French from Princeton University, an MA in Middle East Studies from Harvard University, and PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics & Political Science.