Overview
I am a PhD candidate in Comparative Politics with a Minor in Methods and International Relations. My research broadly focuses on rebel governance and gender in the SWANA region. As a Graduate Research Fellow at the Gender and the Security Sector Lab, I have contributed to research on UN Peacekeeping across various Troop-Contributing Countries, including the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, the Public Security Directorate in Jordan, and the Armed Forces of Bangladesh. I also serve as a Research Fellow at the Center for Global Democracy at the Brooks School of Public Policy. My work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, and Stanford's Hoover Institution. Before pursuing my PhD, I worked as an International Survey Researcher at D3 Systems, managing projects in Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan (Afghan Center for Socioeconomic Opinion Research, D3 subsidiary).
Research Focus
My dissertation research primarily explores how revolutionary groups govern after achieving victory. Through mixed-methods research, I investigate how these groups adapt pre-existing state structures and societies, previously ordered by a foreign actor or incumbent state, into their revolutionary governance agenda. In essence, I examine the day-to-day bureaucratic governance of revolutionary groups as statemakers and its implications for service delivery. I also explore conflict and gender, examining the impact of foreign intervention on political violence and state-building outcomes in the SWANA region.