Background

About me

I hold a Ph.D (2011) in Political Science from Brown University, an M.A. (2003) degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Miami, and a B.A. (1999) in Interdisciplinary Studies from Long Island University. I teach both undergraduate and graduate courses on crime, urban politics, the War on Drugs and illicit markets, state-criminal relations, governance by armed non-state actors in settings of crime and war, and urban violence.