Research & CV

Full-length curriculum vitae (pdf)

Academic Appointments

• University of California, Santa Barbara, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, 2017–present

• Defense Language and National Security Education Office, Boren Fellow, 2024-present

• Mercatus Center, Carl Menger Fellow, 2024-present

• Mercatus Center, Adam Smith Fellow, 2023-2024

• Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, Graduate Fellow, 2022-2023

Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D. Political Science, In-Progress

• University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A. Political Science, 2020

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A. International Studies, French, 2015

Writing and Research

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• "The Determinants of Growing Economic Inequality within Advanced Democracies." 2023. International Review of Economics: 1-19.

• "Revisiting the effectiveness of economic sanctions in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine." 2023. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal: 1-16.

  • Recognized for the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal’s 2023 Best Paper Award

• "Primitive Accumulation and Multinational Corporations: The Evolution of Dispossession and Exploitation in the Rubber Industry." 2022. The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 7.

• “The Consequences of Growing Economic Inequality within Advanced Democracies: A Review Essay.” 2022. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies: Vol. 17: Iss. 2, 49-64.

• “A Crisis of Globalization: A Review Essay.” 2021. Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 2.

Book Reviews

• “Book Review – Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology”

  The Global Policy Journal

Media Publications

• “The Case for a Single African Currency”

  The Geopolitics

• “China's Investments in West African Ports”

Real Clear World

• “Beijing Has a Vision for the Global South. What about Washington?”

  Fletcher Forum of World Affairs

• “Chinese investment in Ghana is entering a new stage”

  Africa at LSE Blog

• “The U.S. Must Be “All in” on Africa for the Long Haul”

  The National Interest

• “Opinion – The War in Ukraine and Food Security in Africa”

  E-International Relations

• “Why the American Public is Less Polarized on Foreign Policy”

  The Foreign Policy Project

• “Doubling Down on Multi-Ethnic Democracy”

  Diplomatic Courier

• “China’s Growing Dominance in Maritime Shipping”

  The Diplomat

• “The Special Economic Zone as a New Model of Economic Development”

  Modern Diplomacy

  Under Review

•  “Introducing an Eight-Category Typology of Chinese Investment in Africa: The Case of Ghana”

• “Navigating Polycrisis through South-South Cooperation and Sustainable Strategies”

• "Evaluating the Hegemony of the U.S. Dollar: Challenges from the Renminbi, BRICS, and Cryptocurrencies"

• "The Effectiveness of Smart Sanctions: Examining Divergent Outcomes in Myanmar and Zimbabwe"

   Working Papers 

• “The Role of Chinese Firms in West Africa’s Maritime Ports”

• “Comparing Perceptions of Chinese Firms and European Firms in Ghana’s Maritime Port Sector”

• “The Sources of China’s Epistemic Conduct: The Economic and Security Motivations Behind the PRC’s Hybrid Information Campaign”

• “Evaluating Guanxi as an Emerging Concept in International Relations Theory”

  Book Manuscript

• Anchoring Influence: China's Growing Role in Africa’s Ports (In Progress)

Languages

• Fluent in French