Welcome! I'm Rebecca.

I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Duke University, with specializations in Security, Peace & Conflict and Political Methodology (applied statistics). I am the Graduate Fellow for the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy, a pre-doctoral fellow with the America in the World Consortium at Duke University, and a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at the Notre Dame International Security Center. My research focuses on conflict resolution and foreign policy, emphasizing the role of third parties in the dynamics of conflict and conflict resolution. My dissertation examines the decision of third-party states to become diplomatically involved in a resolution process, with an emphasis on U.S. diplomatic foreign policy.