I am an assistant professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University. My research explores how technological change has shaped U.S. foreign policy, alliances, and military power since 1945.

My first book, Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative, uses multinational archival sources to situate the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) within a long running U.S. strategy of leveraging space technologies to shift the superpower military balance in its favor. The book examines SDI’s impact on U.S. defense strategy, the transatlantic alliance, arms control, and post-Cold War international security. 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, Foreign Affairs, 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.