I am an Assistant Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Prior to starting at Amsterdam, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University.

My research is motivated by an interest in ethnic and religious conflict, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. I primarily use qualitative methods, grounded in extensive fieldwork. My book project, The Threat of Small Things: Patterns of Repression and Mobilization Against Micro-Sized Groups in Indonesia, asks why very small groups become targets of state repression and mobilization despite their economic and political insignificance. The dissertation upon which this book is based was awarded the 2022 Aaron Wildavsky Best Dissertation Award by the Religion and Politics section of the American Political Science Association.

I have published in Citizenship Studies, Southeast Asia Research, Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, and PS: Political Science and Politics. My work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and the Ontario Government.