I appeared on WCAX last night to discuss Hamas’ attack on Israel- https://www.wcax.com/2023/10/10/uvm-expert-discusses-next-steps-gaza-conflict/

I have a new article out in the latest issue of International Studies Review. Entitled “Reassembling the Social in the Study of Religion and International Relations,” I call on researchers in this area to draw on tools from the relational turn in international relations. You can find the article here.

I spoke at Norwich University’s Peace and War Summit on March 20, 2023, providing commentary on two papers dealing with Middle East conflict.

I spoke recently with WCAX about the Israel-Palestinian conflict. You can find the recording here.

My forthcoming article, “Weapon of the strong: Government Support for Religion and Majoritarian Terrorism,” (written with Nilay Saiya and Ashlyn W. Hand) is out in the current issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution. A copy is available on my publications page.

I am excited to announce that I have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

As part of the attempt to minimize the spread and impact of Covid-19, the University of Vermont has switched all classes to remote learning. For my two classes this semester, I am recording short videos as an overview of each lecture, and uploading the powerpoint slides with extensive notes. I am also using the Blackboard discussion boards to have conversation about the lectures during the regularly-scheduled class time. If anyone has questions on this, feel free to email me.

I had a few VT media appearances over the past week, discussing the latest events in Iran. I talked with Dave Gram about the impact of the US killing of Qassim Suleimani. I also talked with WCAX about the attack itself and Iran’s retaliation.

I have a review of Nilay Saiya’s Weapon of Liberty forthcoming in Nationalities Papers, and it is available through First View here. I think this is a great book, but worry about how to convince people who are skeptical of religion’s importance to read it.

I have a new article in the Washington Post’s “Monkeycage” feature, arguing that, instead of Saudi Arabia&the UAE pulling America into war with Iran, they may actually be restraining us. You can read it here.