I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of International Relations at St. Olaf College. My research examines the processes connecting foreign policy to international economics, primarily economic sanctions. I examine governments’ decisions to impose and terminate economic sanctions, as well as the domestic and economic consequences of sanctions on imposer and targeted states.

I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I also hold an M.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A in Social and Political Science from Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey.