Welcome!

I am an assistant professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University. Broadly, my research investigates how technology shaped international politics in the Cold War. My current projects explore the hidden infrastructures – on land, under the sea, and in space – that enabled U.S. global power in the second half of the 20th century.

My first book, Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative, reframes the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) as a family of technological programs that were driven by a U.S. aim to achieve military supremacy in space. The book details the international dimensions of SDI as well, revealing that several U.S. allies participated in the program to get access to dual-use technologies. The digital version of the book can be downloaded here. My second book, Wiring an 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, Diplomacy & Statecraft, and the Journal of Strategic Studies (among others).

I received my PhD in history of science from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to my doctoral studies, I served in the United States Air Force.