Welcome. I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Government at Cornell University. I am also an Research Associate at the Centre de Recherche sur les Dynamiques des Mondes contemporains and was previously a Visiting Scholar at the University of Douala, Cameroon.

Broadly, I study legacies of contention. I research narratives of conflict, the relationship between violence and political behavior, and the role of violence in shaping social and political identities. In my work, I explore the nested structure of conflict, focusing on the localized reification of national conflict. In my book project, I elucidate how variation in the materialization of violence facilitated by an overarching conflict engenders disparate and often contradictory legacies.

I have conducted interview, survey, and archival research in Cameroon and Benin. My research has been supported by the American Political Science Association, the Center for the Study of Inequality, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Qualitative and Interpretive Research Institute, and the Cornell Graduate School.

I hold a BA in political science from Rutgers University, an MA in political science from Villanova University, and an MA in government from Cornell University.