Welcome!

I am an assistant professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University. My research explores the impact of technology on international politics since 1945 with a focus on space, nuclear, and information systems. 

My first book, Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative, is an international history of intensifying military space competition in the final two decades of the Cold War. The digital version of the book is open access and can be downloaded here. My second book, Wiring and Empire: Information Networks and U.S. Global Power in the Cold War is under advance contract with MIT Press. My other work has been published in International Security, Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Intelligence and National Security, the Oxford Handbook of Space Security, the Journal of Strategic Studies, Science & Diplomacy, and the Journal of Slavic Military Studies (among others).

I received my PhD in history of science from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to academia, I served as a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer.