Education

1. •Yale University, New Haven, CT
   

1. •2009: PhD in Political Science
   

2. •2006: MPhil in Political Science
   

3. •2004: MA in Political Science
   

4. •Fields: international relations, comparative politics, contemporary theory
   

5. •Dissertation: “Beyond the Dyad: How Networks of Economic Interdependence and Political Integration Reduce Interstate Conflict”
   

2. •Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
   

1. •2001: BA in Political Science and Philosophy
   

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Academic Employment

1. •2009 - current: Assistant Professor of Political Science, School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
   

2. •2004 - 2009: Teaching and research assistant, Yale University
   

3. •2007 - 2009: Managing Editor, Journal of Conflict Resolution
   

Publications, Conference Papers

1. •“Electoral Authoritarianism and Credible Signaling in International Crises,” in Journal of Conflict Resolution, forthcoming. With Nikolay Marinov.
   

2. •"Multilateral Trade and Militarized Conflict: Centrality, Asymmetry, and Openness in the Global Trade Network,” in Journal of Politics, forthcoming.
   

3. •"Decision Making in Autocratic Regimes," in International Studies Perspectives, 2005 6(1): 114-128.
   

4. •“Neither Hawks nor Doves: Audience Costs in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes.” American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Seattle, September 2011. (Presented by co-author, Nikolay Marinov)
   

5. •“Trade Networks, Triadic Dependence, and Interstate Conflict.” Presented at the 52nd Annual International Studies Association Convention, Montreal, March 2011.
   

6. •"Intergovernmental Organizations as Forms of Association: Exploring the Effects of IGO Networks on Interstate Conflict.” Presented at the 51st Annual International Studies Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, February 2010.
   

7. •"Networks of Association: Modeling Shared IGO Membership as Evolutionary Political Community." Presented at the Yale MacMillan Workshop on International Relations, Fall 2008.
   

8. •"Trade Market Integration and Militarized Interstate Disputes: The Effects of Network Centrality on Interstate Conflict." Presented at the 49th Annual International Studies Association Convention, San Francisco, March 2008.
   

9. •"Indirect Interdependence and Militarized Disputes: The Effects of International Trade Networks on Conflict, 1950-2001." Presented at the Yale MacMillan Workshop on International Relations, Spring 2008.