I am an associate professor at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where I teach courses on many different topics, including Chinese politics, European politics, Middle East and North African politics, American foreign policy, and the politics of language.
I have a PhD in Political Science from the University of Missouri, an MA in Teaching from the University of Southern California, a MA in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Denver. I served in the US Army from 2004-2009, during which time I studied Chinese at the Defense Language Institute.
Experience
2024–present
Associate Professor, Westminster College
2019–2024
Assistant Professor, Westminster College
2004–2009
Intelligence Analyst, US Army
Education
2019
University of Missouri, PhD in Political Science
2014
University of Southern California, MA in Teaching
2013
Monterey Institute of International Studies, MA in International Policy Studies
2011
University of Denver, BA in Asian Studies
Publications
2022
The perils of plurality rule in democratic presidential systems: A replication and extension, PLOS ONE
2021
When justice answers to the president: Reexamining the effect of cabinet partisanship on human rights in presidential democracies, The Social Science Journal
2020
The effect of copartisan justice ministers on human rights in presidential democracies, PLOS ONE
2020
The effect of two-round presidential elections on human rights, PLOS ONE
2019
Nationalism and human rights: A replication and extension, PLOS ONE
2019
Reevaluating the presidential runoff rule: Does a provision promote the protection of human rights?, PLOS ONE
2018
Measuring presidential centrism and its effect on repression: does ideology influence whether democratic governments respect human rights?, Political Science
2018
Democratic presidential elections and human rights: does a runoff round reduce repression? , The International Journal of Human Rights
2018
The perils of plurality rule and the major(itarian) effect of cabinet composition on human rights in presidential democracies, Research & Politics