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I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at UC San Diego in 2025.

 

My research focuses on the microfoundations of social cohesion in the aftermath of conflict. Specifically, I study the process of reconciliation between individuals who collaborated with the losing side in a conflict and those who did not in post-conflict societies. My dissertation work, which I am developing into a book project during my postdoctoral fellowship, examines how collaboration is conceptualized and  whether individuals with a history of collaboration are reintegrated through the allocation of public goods, electoral support, and elite cooperation. In parallel, I am now conducting projects that explore strategies to overcome the stigma of collaboration and promote social and political reintegration.

 

My regional focus is on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). My research on collaboration has been conducted in Afghanistan (prior to the Taliban takeover in 2021) and Iraq, with ongoing projects currently underway in Syria and Libya.

 

To explore the effects and political consequences of wartime collaboration, I employ a multi-method approach, combining experimental, observational, and qualitative methods to examine patterns of discrimination, reintegration, and reconciliation in post-conflict settings. I place a strong emphasis on fieldwork in the countries where I conduct surveys/experiments, often making multiple trips and speaking the local languages.

 

My research has received funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the American Political Science Association (APSA), the National Association of University Women (NAUW), Research on Middle East Political Science Grant, the Arab Fund and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.