I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Binghamton University. My major is comparative politics, and my minor is international relations.
My research interests include ethnic politics, ethnic conflict, state minority policies, nation-building, and conflict management.
Regionally, I focus on Europe, particularly post-Communist and Southern Europe, as well as the Kurdish Middle East.
My research primarily examines how states govern ethnic diversity in Europe. My dissertation examines the determinants of state minority policies in new European democracies. To learn more about my dissertation project, please visit: Dissertation.
My research has been published in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics and Nations and Nationalism. Several additional manuscripts are in preparation for submission to peer-reviewed journals.
At Binghamton, I have taught Python for political data analysis and developed instructional tutorials for classroom use.
I am also committed to open source and regularly share code and resources on my GitHub.
For more information, see my CV.
Last updated August 2025