I'm an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine. I received my Ph.D. in International Studies from the Graduate Institute, Geneva in 2011. My research examines effectiveness and change in international organizations (IOs) - especially in the areas of human security and international security. I have expertise in multilateral operations (e.g. peacekeeping, civilian and military), gender mainstreaming and gender diversity in international politics and in political science. Organizations in which I have particular expertise include the UN, NATO, the EU, AU, OSCE and OAS. Click here for more on my research. 

My most recent single-authored book is NATO's Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organizations (Oxford University Press, 2018), and my first single-authored book is Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response (Oxford University Press, 2014). Both are available in paperback, hard copy or as ebooks. 

Oxford University Press, 2014

Oxford University Press, 2018

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Recent Articles

NATO's About Face: Adaptation to Gender Mainstreaming in an Alliance Setting (with von Hlatky, S.). Forthcoming.
The Journal of Global Security Studies. 

Gender, Race, Age and National Origin Predict Whether Faculty Assign Female-Authored Readings in Graduate Courses. (with Smith, A.E., Meister, P., and Kim, H.J.) 2019. 
PS: Political Science & Politics. 
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The Gender Gap in Assigned Readings in Graduate Training. (with Smith, A.E., Kim, H.J. and Meister, P.) 2019. 
The Journal of Politics. 

For a full list of publications, see my CV here.

Support

The following institutions have generously provided financial support for my research.