Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science at The University of Memphis. Prior to Memphis I was a Visiting Assistant Professor and the Stanley Kaplan Foreign Policy Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Williams College. I also hold research affiliations with the African Centre for Migration and Society at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the Mobility Governance Lab at Oxford.
My research explores how international migration is reshaping electoral politics and national citizenship, particularly within the Global South. My work has been published in numerous journals, including American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, International Migration Review, Comparative Migration Studies, African Affairs, PS: Political Science and Politics, and Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties.
I was previously a postdoctoral research associate with the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at Princeton University. I hold a A.B. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University, an M.A. with Honors in International Relations from The University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Political Science with Departmental and University Distinction from Yale. I am also an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker. CV here.
