Welcome.

I am a third year Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, where I study international relations. My research examines the impact of emerging military technology on conflict initiation and escalation. I am also interested in the participation of rising powers in non-traditional security operations.

My work has appeared in International Peacekeeping, Defense and Security Analysis, Air and Space Power Journal, The National Interest, War on the Rocks, and The South China Morning Post.

I hold an M.A. in Political Science from Columbia University and an M.S. and B.S. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before beginning graduate school, I served as an active duty officer in the United States Air Force.

You can reach me at el2723 (at) columbia (dot) edu.

Photo Credit: Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson, USAF