Welcome
I am an Assistant Professor & the Graduate Program Coordinator in the Professional Security Studies Department at New Jersey City University. My research agenda improves our understanding of why & how non-state actors select & utilize tactics of political violence, primarily terrorism, to accomplish their objectives. Consequently, I analyze how dissident & government behaviors interact to create dynamic conflict processes including shifts in opposition tactics & conflict escalation and the impact on international & national security.
In a piece in the Washington Post, I explain how the combination of changes in resource streams in ‘the caliphate’ & French domestic politics helps us understand why ISIS attacked Paris on November 13th, 2015.
I earned my PhD in Political Science from Binghamton University specializing in International Relations, American Politics & Research Methodology.
My research is published in International Organization [forthcoming], Terrorism and Political Violence, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, on Political Violence @ a Glance & The Monkey Cage. I have several foreign policy and political analysis pieces published by Diplomatic Courier: A Global Affairs Magazine.
I have conducted field research & work-related travel in Iraq, Morocco, Turkey & Peru, building context around my quantitative/data-driven research approach.
When not working, I'm at my boxing gym or off exploring NYC or the Hudson Valley with my wife & daughter.
