My research interests are focused in three main areas:

1) Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

• National Reputations
• ‘Pariah’ or ‘Rogue’ States
• U.S. National Security Policy and Foreign Policy
• Comparative Foreign Policy
• International Conflict and Crises Processes

2) Democratization and Political Transitions

• Waves of Democratization (i.e. Arab Spring) in a Comparative Lens
• New Conceptions of Democracy
• The Timing of Political Transitions

3) The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

• Use of Active Learning Simulations in the Undergraduate Classroom
• Increasing Use of Service Learning
• Using Popular Culture to Improve Student Reading Comprehension

Methodology Proficiency in Quantitative (STATA, R, OLS, Probability) and Qualitative (Content Analysis, Process Tracing, Case Study Analysis