About

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University. I research and teach in the fields of international relations, comparative politics, and peace and conflict studies. Before taking up my current position, I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada, based at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto. At the Canadian Forces College, I taught in the Joint Command and Staff Programme and the National Security Programme, helping to prepare selected senior military officers for command and staff appointments in national and international settings. I have also held research and teaching appointments at the University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa, Toronto Metropolitan University, and the Dallaire Centre of Excellence for Peace and Security within the Canadian Defence Academy. I hold a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto.

I specialize in IR theory, global security governance, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, and the political sociology of international organizations. My book, Intrusive Impartiality: Learning, Contestation, and Practice Change in United Nations Peace Operations, investigates changes in how the norm of impartiality is applied on a day-to-day basis in UN peacekeeping missions. I track the emergence, spread, and institutionalization of new, more forceful ways of being ‘impartial,’ with a regional focus on UN missions in West and Central Africa. The book is forthcoming with Oxford University Press and will be published in November 2024.

My work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Ontario government, the University of Toronto, Global Affairs Canada, the Department of National Defence, and the International Studies Association.