I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science and an Ostrom Workshop Affiliate at Indiana University, Bloomington. As an International Relations scholar, my interests lie at the intersection of peace science, global health, and state legitimacy and capacity. My research examines linkages between the capacity of states to vaccinate citizens who have been affected by conflict to increasing their legitimacy and ultimately ending conflict.
I publish in high visibility peer reviewed journals, including Journal of Peace Research, International Interactions, and Population and the Environment with one article submitted to the International Journal of the Commons. I have also contributed a solicited policy report for The Stimson Center and an op-ed for Political Violence @ A Glance on the relationship between environmental variability and social conflict in western Africa.
My dissertation is titled “Statebuilding through vaccines: How states leverage vaccinations to increase legitimacy and end conflict in fragile states” and explores how states utilize partnerships with international organizations and international non-governmental organizations to vaccinate citizens, increasing their legitimacy, and ultimately ending conflict. I utilize a mixed-methods research design combining a dataset that I built on 15 different pathogens from 1980 to 2022 for every country with case studies based on extensive field work in Nairobi, Kenya and Dakar, Senegal.
This website contains information about my research and teaching. My Google Scholar profile can be found here. My LinkedIn profile can be found here. My ORCID and ResearchGate profiles can be found below.
I publish in high visibility peer reviewed journals, including Journal of Peace Research, International Interactions, and Population and the Environment with one article submitted to the International Journal of the Commons. I have also contributed a solicited policy report for The Stimson Center and an op-ed for Political Violence @ A Glance on the relationship between environmental variability and social conflict in western Africa.
My dissertation is titled “Statebuilding through vaccines: How states leverage vaccinations to increase legitimacy and end conflict in fragile states” and explores how states utilize partnerships with international organizations and international non-governmental organizations to vaccinate citizens, increasing their legitimacy, and ultimately ending conflict. I utilize a mixed-methods research design combining a dataset that I built on 15 different pathogens from 1980 to 2022 for every country with case studies based on extensive field work in Nairobi, Kenya and Dakar, Senegal.
This website contains information about my research and teaching. My Google Scholar profile can be found here. My LinkedIn profile can be found here. My ORCID and ResearchGate profiles can be found below.
