Research

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

“Racial Violence in Waller County and Prairie View A&M University, 1920-2020” forthcoming book chapter in ‘The Hill’ We Climbed: A History of Prairie View A&M University, Afro-Texans book series, Texas Tech University Press.

“Unique Offerings: Intra Group Competition and Rebel Governance” With Seden Akcinaroglu, Carlos Moreno Leon, Hande Ogutcu, Evgeny Sedashov, and Efe Tokdemir. Conflict Management and Peace Science.
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“Success or Shirking in Terror: Control Mechanisms in State Sponsorship of Terrorism” Terrorism and Political Violence.
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2021. “Rebel Rivalry and the Strategic Nature of Rebel Group Ideology and Demands.” Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 65(4): 729-758. With Seden Akcinaroglu, Carlos Moreno Leon, Hande Ogutcu, Evgeny Sedashov, and Efe Tokdemir.
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2018. “Delegating Terror: Principal-Agent Based Decision-Making in State Sponsorship of Terrorism.” International Interactions, Vol. 44(4): 709-748.
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ORIGINAL DATASETS

“Dangerous Delegation: Global Patterns of State Sponsorship of Terrorism”
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“Comparative Rebel Manifesto Project.” With Seden Akcinaroglu, Carlos Moreno Leon, Hande Ogutcu, Evgeny Sedashov, and Efe Tokdemir.
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UNDER REVIEW
“Domestic Disaster or International Pressure? Participation Incentives in International CBRN Counter-Terrorism Institutions”

WORKING PAPERS

“Evaluating Similarities in Archival Data: Patterns of Racial Violence in Waller County, Texas”

Repetitions of Violence: Localized Patterns of Racial Violence in the American South, 1920-2020 (Working Title of Book Project)

“Substitution and Solidarity in Post-Terrorism Tourism Behavior: An Experimental Study of American Consumers”

DISSERTATION
Dangerous Delegation: Explaining the Rationales and Outcomes of State Sponsorship of Terrorism through the Principal-Agent Framework
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ANALYSIS PIECES

July 2022. “Managing Conflictual Relationships Between International Rivals: Why the End of Accommodation Approaches,” Political Violence at a Glance. With Elizabeth Radziszewski.
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September 2021. “As They Did 9/12, Americans Awoke to a Different World 1/7.” San Antonio Express-News
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July 2018. “New Dangers Surrounding Downloadable Guns.” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research
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May 2017. “Is MS-13 a Foreign Terrorist Organization?” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research
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April 2017. “Rethinking the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research
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CONFERENCES and PRESENTATIONS
International Studies Association Annual Conference (Accepted), 2025
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2024
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2023
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2023
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2023
Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, 2022
Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2022
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2021
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Annual Conference, 2019
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2019
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2019
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2019
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2018
Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, 2017
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Annual Conference, 2017
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2017
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2017
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2016
International Studies Association Annual Conference, 2016
American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2015
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2014
ISSS-ISAC Annual Conference, 2011