I am a research associate at Harvard University’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, where I study nonviolent resistance movements, civil wars, and human rights abuse. I am also affiliated with the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where my work focuses on transitional justice.

I am particularly interested in explaining why severe human rights abuse sometimes persists despite democratization and how it can finally be ended. I explore this puzzle at both the macro- and micro-levels by integrating quantitative cross-national research with survey data and qualitative fieldwork from South Asia. My peer-reviewed articles appear in International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Peace Research, and the Journal of Global Security Studies, while my policy-oriented scholarship has been featured by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Political Violence at a Glance, and The Washington Post.

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