About (Professional)

I am a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Kentucky.  I earned my B.A. from the College of Wooster (2004) and M.A. from the University of Kentucky (2006).  My primary teaching interests include transnational politics and comparative politics while his current research examines international conflict and state border definition, targeted terrorism, and diversionary theory with divided government.  I am currently in the process of writing my dissertation.