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I am a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Merced and a research affiliate at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (ICGG) and UC Merced's Center for Analytic Political Engagement (CAPE). My research focuses on government repression and human rights, particularly on how repressive agents make decisions faced with domestic and international institutional constraints. I am also interested in international organizations, focusing on legislative procedure in the United Nations.

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My research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation; published in top journals including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics; and referenced in media outlets including the Washington Post and Discovery News. My book, Contentious Compliance: Dissent and Repression Under International Human Rights Law (with Emily Hencken Ritter), was published in 2019 by Oxford University Press.

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Additional information on graduate studies at UC Merced, my research (publications, working papers, and data collection projects), teaching (advising, graduate and undergraduate courses), and miscellany (contact information and shameless plugs) can be accessed using the menu above. You can also find me on Google Scholar, Dataverse, the Scholar’s Strategy Network, Bridging the Gap, and Women Also Know Stuff.

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