Welcome! I’m an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. I am also a Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law, a DAAD Research Ambassador for the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst/German Academic Exchange Service, and a Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Emerging Market Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). In addition, I am the Chair for the International Studies Association’s Global Health Section and the 2024 Program Co-Chair for the American Political Science Association’s Health Politics & Policy Section.
My research interests include the relationship between political institutions, public opinion, and policy change in the context of public health and health policy. My research is also motivated by broader interests in science policy, sustainability, EU harmonization, comparative social policy, and global health security and governance. I have published or given commentary on these topics in International Studies Quarterly, Social Science & Medicine, BMJ Global Health, the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy Magazine, The Conversation, and CNN International, among others. I also serve on the Editorial Board of PLOS Global Public Health in support of their pathbreaking initiatives in diversity, equity, and inclusion in global health.
Previously, I was a Research Assistant Professor within the Division of Public Policy and a Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study Junior Fellow at HKUST, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the O’Neill Institute, and a 2017-18 Fulbright Fellow at the Hertie School in Berlin. Before beginning my doctoral program, I spent several years in London working as a researcher and consultant on social and economic trends in the United Kingdom and the United States, counter-terrorism stakeholders in the European Union, and carbon emissions of private corporations. In addition, I was a Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholar at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich, Germany. I have a BA in Political Science (International Relations concentration) and a BS in Microbiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an MS in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MA and PhD in Government from Georgetown.
All photos used on this website are my own. Each page contains an image from a state or national legislature in which I conducted interviews and archival work in the US or Germany.