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Peer Reviewed Publications
“State Legitimacy and Sector-Level Claim-Making: Evidence from East Jerusalem” American Political Science Review, Volume 120: 2 pp. 504-526.
“Defensive Minoritarianism: Support for Democracy among Lebanese Christians,” Religion, State and Society, Volume 48, 2020 (with Michael Hoffman).
“Who Governs? How Social and Territorial Control Shape Rebel Governance in War” (Conditionally Accepted at Civil Wars, with Joséphine Lechartre)
Book Chapters
“Defensive Minoritarianism: Support for Democracy among Lebanese Christians.” In Conflict, Politics, and the Christian East, by Christopher Rhodes and George Soroka, Eds., 65–84. London: Routledge. 2021. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003211563-5. (with Michael Hoffman)
Public-Facing Scholarship
“Israeli extremists are attacking Palestinians. But are these mobs or pro-government militias?” Good Authority, June 28, 2021
Work in Progress
“Border Changes, Naturalization, and Political Integration: A Natural Experiment in East Jerusalem”
“Fieldwork and Family: Navigating Caregiving and Field Research in Political Science” with Jaimie Bleck
“Social Ties and Engagement with the State: Evidence from East Jerusalem”
Grants and Awards
The Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Award in the Social Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2026.
The National Science Foundation/American Political Science Association, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) ($15,000), 2022
Program on Governance and Local Development, University of Gothenburg, Short-Term Research Grant ($3,500), 2022
Notre Dame International Security Center, Graduate Research Grant ($3,500), 2022
Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Graduate Research Grant ($7,000), 2021
Institute for the Study of the Liberal Arts, Graduate Student Research Grant ($4,000), 2021
Klau Center for Civil & Human Rights, Research Grant ($500), 2021
Liu Institute for Asian Studies, Research & Travel Grant ($1,500), 2021
Nanovic Institute for European Studies, Conference Travel Grant ($1,500) Declined due to COVID, 2020
Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Graduate Student Research Grant ($4,400), 2019
Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures, Graduate Student Language Grant, Arabic ($5,500), 2019
Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures, Graduate Student Language Grant, Arabic ($3,500), 2018
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