I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science and a Master’s student in Applied Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. My research interests include political violence, conflict management and resolution, political economy of conflict, and leader survival.

In my dissertation, I examine: 1) how wartime coup attempts—the most destabilizing form of government fragmentation—affect the management and resolution of civil wars, 2) how states effectively restore stability following coup attempts, and 3) how the restoration of post-coup stability influences conflict resolution efforts.

My research has appeared in International Studies Quarterly, World Development, and International Review of Public Administration. My research has received supports from Arms Control & Domestic and International Security and Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies.