Employment

Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Washington, D.C.

Associate Professor
August 2015 to present.
Assistant Professor
July 2009 to August 2015.

RAND, Arlington, Virginia

Senior Political Scientist
November 2007 to August 2009.

United Nations Assistance Mission To Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan

Political Affairs Officer, P-4
June 2007 to October 2007.

United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.

Senior Research Associate-South Asia and Terrorism, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention
April 2004 to June 2007.

RAND, Santa Monica, California

Associate Political Scientist
October 1997 to April 2004.

Education

PhD, 2004, M.A., 1997: University of Chicago, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations

• American Institute for Iranian Studies grant to conduct research and language studies in Iran,2001
• USIA/NMERTA scholarship to learn Urdu in Lahore, Pakistan, 1995-1996
• Title VI scholarship to study Punjabi in Lahore, Pakistan, 1996
• Title VI scholarship to study Punjabi at the University of California, Berkeley, 1995
• Title VI graduate scholarships to study Hindi and Urdu, 1993-1997
• Departmental scholarship to study Hindi in Uttar Pradesh, India, 1994

M.A., 1997, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy

• Title VI funding for the study of Urdu

B.S., 1991, University of Chicago, The College

Professional Membership and Honors

• Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
• Member of the International Studies Association
• Member of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies
• Member of the American Political Science Association

Languages

Can read and speak Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi. Elementary conversational capabilities in Persian/Dari.