Welcome to my professional webpage!
I am a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins SAIS. I am a former USIP-Minerva Peace & Security Scholar with the U.S. Institute of Peace. Prior to my PhD, I was a licensed Fraud Operations Analyst at E*TRADE, where I identified and resolved cases of financial fraud based on technical data and client behavioral patterns.​
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Research expertise: cyber conflict; NATO and transatlantic security; military innovation and implementation; U.S. security and foreign policy; Estonian and Baltic security.​
Research
My research focuses on research focuses on the development of cyber forces across NATO member countries, the transatlantic gap in military innovation, and emerging strategic challenges for NATO and its members.
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Areas of expertise: cyber conflict; NATO and transatlantic security; military innovation and implementation; U.S. security and foreign policy; Estonian and Baltic security.
Current Projects
The Diffusion of Cyber Forces:
Military Innovation and the Dynamic Implementation of Cyber Force Structure
Book Project
Estonia's Road to Cyber Command
Working Paper
The Global Spread of Cyber Forces, 2000-2018
Working Paper
An Introduction to The Dataset on Cyber Force Structures (DCFS)
Working Paper
Resume
Experience
2020 - Present
2019 - 2020
2018
2015 - 2019
2013 - 2015
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies
Washington, D.C.
USIP-MINERVA
PEACE & SECURITY SCHOLAR
United States Institute of Peace
Washington, D.C.
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Qualitative Data Repository
Syracuse, NY
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
FRAUD OPERATIONS ANALYST/
FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
E*TRADE Financial Corporation
Alpharetta, GA
Education
Ph.D. / Syracuse University
Political Science
Concentrations: International Relations, Public Admin. & Policy
2020
M.A. / Virginia Tech
Political Science
Concentration: International Relations
2013
B.A. / The College of William & Mary
Government
2011