Biography

My research focuses on the evolution of non-state threats and state responses to the changing security environment. At Cambridge, I plan to study how networked non-state actors have clashed with states, tracking their competing identity structures, conceptions of leadership, and tactical innovation, among other dimensions of conflict. My interests are interdisciplinary, reflecting my exposure to different academic fields and diverse life experiences. As an undergraduate at Columbia University, I majored in philosophy and minored in computer science. After graduation, I spent a year working in international development, with field assignments in Vietnam and the Balkans, before earning a masters degree in information management at UC Berkeley. My masters research critiqued the logic of information sharing guiding US intelligence reform in response to networked non-state threats. I hope to continue my research as a PhD student after earning the MPhil.