I am a researcher and policy analyst working at the intersection of law, development, security, and technology. I serve as a Legal Innovation & Policy Fellow at Stanford Law School and as a Lecturer in the Program in International Relations at Stanford University. I am also a Nonresident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an affiliate of the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).

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Previously, I was a Lecturing Fellow at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Duke Kunshan University, Director for Education Content at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London and at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

My research centers on the politics and practice of bureaucratic and policy reform, AI and emerging technologies, and the relationship between development and security. I lead a project on AI and democracy with Carnegie California, the West Coast program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and I am a co-creation fellow with the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab, where I develop training modules for research-policy partnerships in collaboration with Bridging the Gap.

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My first book, Bureaucratic Smokescreens: Aid-Diplomacy Mergers and the Politics of Foreign Policy Reform, examines the global trend toward integrating development and diplomacy agencies and what it means for foreign policy effectiveness.

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My next book, Automating Aid, is exploring the role of AI in the future of international development. I also write "Bridging Boundaries," a living literature review on interdisciplinary research for innovative public policy, with support from Coefficient Giving.

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My work has appeared in Tech Policy Press, Foreign Policy, Just Security, The Washington Quarterly, Global Studies Quarterly, World Politics Review, The National Interest, CFR.org, and Human Rights Review, as well as in edited volumes including The Arab Gulf States and the West and The Routledge History of Human Rights. I have also contributed analysis for broadcast outlets including BBC News, CNN, and Arise America TV.

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I have collaborated on projects supported by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Packard Foundation, the World Bank, USAID, DFID, the OECD, Global Affairs Canada, the Swedish International Development Agency, Transparency International, and the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate, among others.

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I hold a BA in Politics from Princeton University, an MA in Middle East Studies from Harvard University, and a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am a 2025 Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.