I’m an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a scholar of global governance. Until July 2025, I am on a visiting fellowship at the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, where I’m working on projects related to AI security and safety with attention to institutional design, monitoring, and verification. I received an inaugural Robert A. Belfer International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations to support my time in Oxford.

My research examines international organizations and global governance. I am particularly interested in the politics of information, including issues of monitoring, compliance, and market-driven enforcement. My book The Bankers’ Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight against Illicit Financing (Cornell University Press, Jan 2022) was short-listed for the BISA IPEG book prize. My research has been published or is forthcoming in International Organization, American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, The Review of International Organizations, and Ethics and International Affairs. My policy writing has appeared in various outlets, including The Washington Post and The Atlantic. I also consult for tech companies, non-profits, and international organizations on the topic of AI global governance.

I received an MPA and PhD from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and an AB from Duke University. At Princeton, I received two competitive fellowships: the Prize Fellowship in Social Sciences and the Harold W. Dodds Fellowship. Prior to arriving at UCSB, I was a post-doctoral fellow at the Browne Center for International Politics at the University of Pennsylvania. Before academia, I worked as an intelligence analyst at the FBI and as a Presidential Management Fellow at the State Department, where I served in INR and on the sanctions team at the US Mission to the UN.

My CV is available here.