My areas of research and teaching specialization include humanitarian access and civilian protection, peacebuilding, multilateral peace operations, conflict resolution, human rights, and West African politics. My current research focuses on conflict-driven hunger and famine, and impediments to UN Security Council action and accountability when food is used as a weapon of war against civilian populations. I have published three books on human rights, humanitarian intervention, and the Responsibility to Protect, and my research has appeared in leading international relations and area studies journals, including African Affairs, Global Governance, Third World Quarterly, International Studies Perspectives, and International Journal of Human Rights. I serve as a faculty affiliate with Fordham's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs, Editorial Board member of Refuge Press, and Advisory Board member of Columbia University Press’ International Affairs Online (CIAO). Previous service roles include sub-Saharan Africa Academic Advisor to Freedom House, steering committee member for She4SG, and numerous elected and appointed leadership positions within the International Studies Association (ISA) and the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS). I served for five years in senior administrative positions within Fordham University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), including Interim Dean (2019-2020) and Associate Dean (2016-2018). During that time, I advanced strategic initiatives resulting in significant growth in enrollment, the establishment of innovative Master’s and PhD programs, and the near doubling of development resources and supports for graduate students. In 2013, I received the University’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Social Sciences, and the Faculty Mentor Award. I earned my A.B. in International Relations from Syracuse University and my A.M. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Brown University.