I am an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where I co-direct the Program on International Security Policy. My research interests are in civil war, international security, and ethnic politics, primarily in South Asia. My current research focuses on insurgency and counterinsurgency. I am also interested in civil-military relations, state formation in the developing world, and Indian foreign security policy.

My research has been published in Civil Wars, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, India Review, International Security, Perspectives on Politics, Security Studies, and the Washington Quarterly, among others. This work has been funded by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Smith Richardson Foundation, MIT Center for International Studies, Yale University’s MacMillan Center, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies, and the University of Chicago.