Educational Background

PhD, Government, University of Essex. 2016.

• Dissertation: State repression, nonviolence, and protest mobilization.
  Fields of Study: Comparative Politics; Ideology and Discourse Analysis
  Board members: Professor Hugh Ward; Professor David Howarth

Methodological training

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis: 2013. (1) Selection and Strategic Models. w/ Curtis Signorino; (2) Social Science Mathematical Training w/ Chris Saker; (3) Discourse Analysis w/ David Howarth and Aletta Norval.

MA, Politics, University of Essex. 2012.

BA, Politics (honors), University of California Santa Cruz. 2011.