Experience

Assistant Professor

School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona

Teaching and researching human rights, repression, and conflict, with a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Co-Executive Director of the Political Terror Scale (PTS).

Education

Ph.D. Political Science

Emory University

M.A. Political Science

Emory University

M.Sc. Political Science and Political Economy (with distinction)

London School of Economics

B.A. Political Science and B.A. Economics (summa cum laude)

University of North Carolina Asheville

Research Methods
Research Methods
Survey & Field Experiments
Observational & Archival Data
Geographic / Spatial Data
Awards & Grants
Best Paper Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Studies Section
International Studies Association ∙ January 2025
“Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict” (with Michael Rubin and Richard McAlexander)
Best Paper Award, Middle East and North Africa Section
American Political Science Association ∙ January 2024
“Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict” (with Michael Rubin and Richard McAlexander)
Best Paper Award, Conflict Processes Section
American Political Science Association ∙ January 2020
“Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict: Evidence from Palestinian Villages in the 1948 War” (with Michael Rubin and Richard McAlexander)
Research Grant, $17,000
Center for Israel Education ∙ January 2019
Translation and coding of Israeli paramilitary archival material (with Michael Rubin and Richard McAlexander)
Languages
100%
Hebrew Native
100%
English Proficient
60%
French Intermediate
40%
Arabic Basic
Service

Reviewer: American Political Science Review; American Journal of Political Science; Journal of Politics; British Journal of Political Science; Journal of Conflict Resolution; Political Science Research and Methods; Journal of Peace Research; International Studies Quarterly; Politics and Research; Political Behaviour; Conflict Management and Peace Science; International Interactions; International Economics.

Professional Memberships: American Political Science Association; Midwest Political Science Association; Southern Political Science Association; Peace Science Association; International Studies Association; Middle East Studies Association; Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.