Welcome! 

I am an Instructor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama. Prior to this, I worked as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi -- my alma mater. My research and teaching interests mainly encompass Behavioral Political Science, Foreign Policy, International Conflict, Comparative Politics, and Computational Social Science.

My research projects center on the psychological characteristics of global leaders and the insights those attributes can offer into their policy actions. To that end, I use recent advances in machine learning techniques to understand the personality of global leaders using their linguistic cues from speeches, interviews, and other forms of textual statements. 

In 2022, I was awarded the American Political Science Association's Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants which enabled me to collect new textual datasets on Indian Prime Ministers, including the rare private letters. 

Previously, over a decade-long journalism career with BBC and other national media outlets exposed me to the practicing world of foreign policy, and diplomacy while reporting from Kathmandu, New Delhi, Beijing, and New York. 

Outside of academic work, I enjoy spending time with my wife and two kids—whether at home, on soccer fields, or during exciting trips.