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About Me
I am a doctoral candidate of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. My research focuses on the relationship between information technology (IT) and national security. My dissertation explains variation in state responses to foreign information threats, such as computer network attack and influence operations. This work theorizes about and offers new data on how bureaucratic interactions effect particular cyber strategy outcomes. I also develop new cyber capabilities for the US Government at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). During the 2012-2013 academic year, I will be a fellow in residence at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University (co-funded by the Hoover Institution).
Before enrolling at UPenn, I received my MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), having concentrated in Strategic Studies and International Economics, and my BA from Johns Hopkins' undergraduate program in International Studies. During that time, I researched IT policy for the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute and the Department of Defense. Subsequently, I worked on military analysis and long-term strategy for the intelligence community and Office of the Secretary of Defense. During the 2009-2010 academic year, I was appointed to Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering to work on the strategic implications of large-scale surveillance IT for state-society relations and international politics.