I am an Associate Professor of International Studies at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington. I am also a Research Affiliate at the Center for International Studies, MIT, and currently a visiting fellow at the Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. In fall 2024 I was the Zahedi Family Fellow at the Program in Iranian Studies at Stanford University.

My areas of research are in international relations and political theory, with particular focus on topics in political ideologies, conflict, diplomatic history and practice, and modern Iran. I am currently working on a multi-volume project on the logic and functions of enmity in politics. I also dabble in garden design and horticulture.