I am an Associate Professor in the Government Department at William & Mary. In Fall 2019, I was a Visiting Associate Research Scholar at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University.
Before starting at William & Mary, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Governance at the Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University. I specialize in political economy of development with an emphasis on political violence, governance and energy access. I have a PhD in Political Science from New York University, and a Masters in International Relations from the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
I will be on leave during the academic year 2023-24, and will be an Academic Fellow at Singapore Management University during this time.
• "The Political Violence Cycle," American Political Science Review 111,2 (2017): 237-255
(with Andrew Little)
Paper,
Appendix,
Replication
• "Getting Rich Too Fast? Voters' Reactions to Politicians' Wealth Accumulation," The Journal of Politics 81,4 (2019): 1197-1209
(with Simon Chauchard and Marko Klašnja)
Paper,
Appendix,
Replication
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• "Queens," Journal of Political Economy, 128:7 (2020) 2579-2652
(with Oeindrila Dube)
Paper,
Appendix
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• "Does Basic Energy Access Generate Socioeconomic Benefits? A Field Experiment with Off-grid Solar Power in India," Science Advances 3,5 (2017): e1602153
(with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
Paper,
Replication
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• Politics of Inequality (last offered Fall 2022) • GIS for Social Science/Public Policy (last offered Spring 2023) • Introduction to Comparative Politics (last offered Spring 2023) • Southeast Asian Autocracy & Democracy (last offered Spring 2022) • Politics of Southeast Asia (last offered Fall 2017)