• Ph.D., University of British Columbia
• M.A., University of British Columbia
• B.A., University of Victoria

• SUA since 2011
• 2007-2011, Lecturer, University of British Columbia
• 2004-2007, Teaching Assistant, University of British Colulmbia
• 2003-2005, Researcher, Forum-Asia

• Civilian strategy in armed conflict
• The evolution and behaviour of anti-rebel militia groups
• Rural Islamic leaders and perceptions of insurgency

• “The Free Aceh Elections?  The 2009 Legislative Contests in Aceh,” Indonesia, 91, 2011
• “Strong State, Smothered Society: Explaining Terrorist Violence in Thailand’s Deep South,” Terrorism and Political Violence, 23:2, 2011
• “Ulama, the State, and War: Community Islamic Leaders in the Aceh Conflict,” Contemporary Islam, 5:1, 2011
• “Learning to Lose?  Not if UMNO Can Help It” (with Diane Mauzy), Political Transitions in Dominan Party Systems, edited by Joseph Wong and Edward Friedman,2008
• “Resources, Religion, and Resistance: The Sources of Conflict in Aceh,” Small Wars and Insurgencies, 19:1, 2008
• “The Dangers of Decentralization: Clientelism, the State, and Nature in Indonesia,” Federal Governance, 1:6, 2008
• “A Cosmopolitan Conflict?  Aceh as a New War,” Old Conflicts and New Wars in the Asia Pacific, edited by Rolf Jordan and Michael Waibel, 2006
• “Neither Wolf, nor Lamb: Embracing Civil Society in the Aceh Conflict,” Bangkok: Forum-Asia, 2004

• Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies
• Comparative Political and Social Systems

• Dr. Ronald Baker Scholarship (Department of National Defence, Canada), 2010-2011
• Esterline Prize Winner, best graduate student paper at Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC) annual meeting, 2010
• Graduate Paper Award, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS), 2010
• Security and Defence Forum (SDF) Scholarship,2009-2010
• Kenneth Boulding Award, best paper in security studies at International Studies Association (ISA) annual meeting, 2009
• Canadian Consortium on Human Security (CCHS) Fellowship, 2008-2009
• SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship, 2006-2009

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