Public Policy

While studying public policy and public administration, I developed an interest in two theories: punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) developed by Baumgartner and Jones and multiple streams approach (MSA) developed by Kingdon.

In fulfilling my Master of Arts in public policy and administration from Northwestern, my thesis utilized punctuated equilibrium theory to explain changes in U.S. foreign policy.

April 13, 2020: Check out my active learning exercise on institutional design at the Active Learning in Political Science blog.

March 19, 2020: My co-authored article with Bryan Early is out now in The Washington Quarterly. You can read it for free for a limited time by clicking here.

February 8, 2020: My first peer-reviewed article on sanctions enforcement and compliance (co-authored with Dr. Bryan Early has been published in Security Studies.

August 26, 2019: I achieved candidacy today!

January 30, 2019: Check out my co-authored blog post, "Trends in U.S. Sanctions Enforcement During the Trump Administration," on NYU's "Compliance and Enforcement" blog.

December 27, 2018: Check out my co-authored paper on SSRN: Enforcing Economic Sanctions: Analyzing How OFAC Punishes Violators of U.S. Sanctions.

December 22, 2018: Accepted to and headed to IQMR 2019 this summer!

November 5, 2018: I was profiled on Political Science Now after being awarded a First Generation Grant to attend APSA 2018 in Boston.

November 2018: Check out Graduate Association of Political Science Podcast series I took part in with three other doctoral students in political science at the University at Albany, SUNY.

October 2018: I've been awarded an APSA First Generation Scholars Travel Reimbursement Grant.

June 2018: A short piece I co-authored on sanctions busting with Dr. Bryan Early is now live here at SanctionsAlert.com.

May 2018: I am happy to announce that I received a William H. Jacoby scholarship to attend ICPSR this summer!