Hello! I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University and faculty in the Ph.D. program in International Conflict Management. I grew up in Bombay, an island city and a bustling metropolis, in the heart of its historic fishing district. I am made up of strong hydrophilic molecules, made very happy by the smell of the ocean and the sound of waves. I am very curious about the world we inhabit and the people in it. I am likely to be caught discussing subjects that include digital SLR photography, world politics, Bourdain's latest adventures in misanthropy around the world and the food of many peoples. I really enjoy travel and try to visit one new place each year. I love the process of learning to see the world through new eyes. Sometimes going between countries feels a lot like traveling across time.

I study internal conflict processes, an area that lies at the intersection of comparative politics and international relations. I have studied dissent (violent and nonviolent) and state repression/human rights violations in democratic and authoritarian contexts. I have four publications explaining dissent in the Journal of Conflict Resolution (2011), Terrorism and Political Violence (2013) and the British Journal of Political Science (2014) and one focusing on state repression around elections in authoritarian regimes in Electoral Studies (2013). I use both quantitative and qualitative methods in my own work and teach graduate and undergraduate courses in the Principles of Research Design and Qualitative Methods. I would love to teach a course on mixed methods that walks graduate students through different types of research designs that combine quantitative, qualitative and/or formal methods.