Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
1375 K Street SE
Washington
DC
20003
United States
ABOUT
PhD Candidate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in Arlington, VA.
Research focuses on insurgent group dynamics, civil war, Kurdistan, and the Middle East.
Speaks Arabic and Spanish
Has traveled to and/or worked in 60 countries in the past 13 years.
Directs an international NGO that has established economic peacebuilding projects in Iraq, Afghanistan, Uganda, Burundi and is currently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Founded the Praxis Conference, an international conference that pursues effectiveness in peacebuilding through networking communities of scholars, NGOs, social entrepreneurs, and religious communities.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Middle East/Near East Studies
Conflict Resolution
Peace Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Afghanistan
All Middle East
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Kurdistan
Specialties
Insurgent Group Dynamics
Transnationalism
Kurdish Politics And Conflict
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Spanish (intermediate)
English (native)
Education
MA
| 2015
| Anthropology
| The University of Arkansas
BA
| 2008
| International Relations
| The University of Arkansas
Abstracts
Dynamic Insurgency: Does target audience proximity to a conflict affect the promoted collective action frame of a transnational insurgent group?
