My researchÌýexplores how international institutions influence human and interstate security. I show that international law and organizations help actors give upÌýthe use of violence and commit to peace agreements. My 2019 book with Lisa Hultman and Jacob KathmanÌý. My ongoing researchÌýexplores why countries support United Nations peacekeeping. I also investigateÌýthe conditions under which countries improve their commitments to human rights agreements.ÌýIn 2022, IÌýcompleted a Fulbright fellowship at the Norway.

As an employee of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, I honor and acknowledge that its four campuses are on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute, Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Lakota, Pueblo, and Shoshone Nations. Further, I acknowledge the 48 contemporary tribal nations historically tied to the lands that comprise what is now called ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥.

I support undocumented students, staff, and their families.Ìý

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