Europe

Identity

International Politics

Foreign Policy

Education

• Ph.D., International Relations & Political Theory, University of Virginia, 2012
• M.A., European Studies and International Economics, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins, 2000
• B.A., Government, College of William and Mary, 1996

Research Interests

• European Security Cooperation, including the impact of cost, culture, and capabilities on the militarization of European security and defense cooperation, the ongoing development of ‘Normative Power Europe’, Sino-European strategic relations, Atlantic relations
• European politics, economics and history, including European integration, EU policymaking and institutions, social and political change in modern Europe
• Education and the study of identity, international politics and foreign policy
  

Courses

• European Government and Politics
• European Security
• Politics of the European Union
• Introduction to Political Theory
• History of Political Thought (Classical, Modern and Contemporary)

Awards

• Re-engagement Grant Recipient, 2023, College of Humanities and Sciences, VCU
  

Service

• Honor Council, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Faculty Advisor, Model United Nations @ VCU (RAMMUN)