I am an Assistant Professor in the Strategic & Operational Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College’s Center for Naval Warfare Studies.

My primary research focuses on the intersection of security and political economy, specifically how states manage the sources of their national power in their relations with other states and how they react to attacks on those sources. Using archival sources, my book project explores when states choose to share advanced military technology with other states, and — more broadly — how states view technology as a component of their power. In separate work, I analyze how states react to campaigns of economic isolation. My other research interests include grand strategy, deterrence, escalation, and naval issues.

I earned my PhD from MIT Political Science Department where I was a member of the Security Studies Program. In 2020-21, I was an America in the World Pre-Doctoral Fellow in the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Prior to my studies at MIT, I served as nuclear-propulsion-qualified active-duty surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, and I continue to serve in the Navy Reserve. I hold a Masters of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University and Bachelors in History from Harvard University.