Research

My research examines how international organizations shape domestic politics, with a focus on public opinion and conflict management. My work uses survey experiments, formal modeling, and text analysis.

Working Papers

IO and Conflict Management

When Words Backfire: UN Speeches Provoke Rebel Violence by Signaling a Closing Window of Opportunity

IO and Public Opinion

The Allied Negative Surprise: UNSC Veto and American Public Support for Foreign Policy

Comparing Cues in Foreign-Policy Opinion Formation

Optimal Design of International Institutions and Public Opinion: A Formal Model

Political Methodology

Maximum Difference Scaling to Measure the Order of Preferences: An Application to the Study of International Status

With Yusaku Horiuchi and Kelly Matush

American Politics

Trade Wars and Electoral Consequences

With Sean Ehrlich and Rachel Canino

Datasets

UNSC P5 Speech Sentiment Data

Original hand-coded dataset of the sentiment of speeches delivered by permanent five (P5) members at UN Security Council public meetings that explicitly mention sub-Saharan African rebel groups, 1991–2008.