RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2012
Summer Field Research, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
2011
Research Assistant for Jason Lyall, Changing Patterns of War Dataset, Yale University
2010-2011
Research Assistant for Jason Lyall. Afghanistan CIVCAS Dataset, Yale University
2010
Expert Coder, Ethnic Power Relations (EPR) Dataset, ETH Zurich and UCLA
2006-2010
Research Assistant for T.V. Paul, Eric Belanger and Juliet Johnson, McGill University
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2012
The Political Economy of Regional Transitions Workshop, Concordia University. Organized by Dr. Norrin Ripsman.
2011
“Aiding and Abetting: Foreign Aid and State Coercion.” Department of Political Science, Clark University.
“Aiding Freedom or Fear? The Effects of Foreign Assistance on State Violence.” The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
International Relations Workshop, Yale University.
“Counting Bodies, Counting Lives: What We Learn from Documenting Civilian Casualties in Times of War.” The Program on
Order, Conflict and Violence Speaker Series, Yale University. With Izabela Steflja.
“Burden Sharing through Other Means: American, Japanese and Korean Foreign Aid to Asia.” Harvard Project for Asian and
International Relations Conference, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea.
2010
“Aiding Repression: Theorizing the Domestic Effects of International Aid.” The Program on Order, Conflict and Violence
Speaker Series, Yale University.
“Sharing the Burden of the Border: Layered Security Cooperation and the Canada-US Frontier.” Canada Institute at the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC. Also presented at the Embassy of Canada in
Washington, DC in April 2011. With Stefanie von Hlatky.
2008
Workshop for Canadian Women in International Security. McGill-Universite de Montreal Research Group in International
Security and WIIS Canada, Montreal, QC.
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
2013
“Counting Bodies, Counting Lives: Approaches to Documenting Civilian Casualties in Times of War." ISA Annual
Convention.
2012
"Burden Sharing through Other Means: American, Japanese and Korean Foreign Aid to Asia.” ISA Annual Convention.
“Aid for Arms: U.S. Foreign Aid and the Tentara Nasional Indonesia.” ISA Annual Convention.
2011
“Aiding Repression: Theorizing Foreign Aid and Political Violence.” American Political Science Association Conference.
“Buying Power? Government Stability and US Foreign Aid Policy.” ISA Annual Convention.
“The Political Economy of Repression: Is US Foreign Aid Funding Human Rights Violations in Asia?” ISA Annual
Convention.
2010
“Buying Stability? Foreign Aid and US Grand Strategy Post-9/11.” ISSS/ISAC Conference.
“Testing Theories of American Foreign Aid in the Post-Cold War Years.” ISA Annual Convention.
“Crisis on Two Fronts: The Future of U.S.-Japan Security Relations.” ISA Annual Convention.
2009
“The Future of Quebec-U.S. Border Security: Does Thicker Mean Safer?” ISSS/ISAC Conference.
“American Foreign Aid to Asia (1991-2005): The Price of Stability?” Research Group in International Security (REGIS) 7th
Annual Graduate Student Conference. Best Paper Award.
“Buying Stability? U.S. Foreign Aid to Indonesia and the Philippines.” ISA Annual Convention.
2007
“The Power of the Word: Internet Reporting on Terrorism in Uzbekistan.” Association for the Study of Nationalities
Convention.
2006
“Terrorism in Authoritarian Regimes: Defining the Cycle of Violence.” Association of Central Eurasian Students
Conference. Best Paper Award.
“Kazakhstan’s Courts: The Power to Reform?” with Dana Abizaid. Association of Central Eurasian Students Conference.
“The Power of the Word: Internet Reporting on Terrorism in Uzbekistan.” CDAI & CDFAI 9th Annual Graduate Student
Symposium on Security and Defence. Honorable Mention.
CHAIR AND DISCUSSANT ROLES
2013
Panel Discussant. "The Politics (and Economics) of Foreign Aid and Trade." ISA Annual Convention.
Panel Chair. "Unpacking Foreign Aid: Addressing the Complexities of Assistance." ISA Annual Convention.
2012
Paper Discussant. "Bases, Bullets and Ballots: The Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia." Program
on Order, Conflict and Violence Speaker Series, Yale University.
2011
Paper Discussant. "Mechanisms for Eliciting Cooperation in Counter-Terrorism Policing: Evidence from the United
Kingdom." Program on Order, Conflict and Violence Speaker Series, Yale University.
2010
Panel Discussant. "Northeast Asia and the North Korean Impasse." ISSS/ISAC Conference.
Paper Discussant. "The Predictioneer's Game," Dr. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
International Relations Workshop, Yale University.
Panel Chair and Discussant. "Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond." 8th Annual Centre for International Peace and Security
Studies Graduate Conference.