About Me

I am a PhD Candidate at the American Graduate School in Paris in the field of International Relations. I have almost a decade of experience working with the U.S. government, African regional institutions, and member states. My primary research interests include African security issues, the Global Power Competition, and violent extremist ideologies.

I recently graduated from Harvard University Extension School with a masters in International Relations. I worked as a research assistant at the John F. Kennedy School of Government from 2017-2018. I earned a B.A. in Political Science with University Honors from the University of Central Florida and also served as a US Army Captain (Ret.) from 2005-2010.

My thesis research, “African Spaghetti Bowl: Assessing State Rationales in African Peacekeeping Operations, 1999-2016,” explored the key factors behind African state support for United Nations peacekeeping on the continent. It won the 2019 HES Dean’s Thesis Prize in International Relations. Find it here. R replication data is available here.

I’m a member of the American Political Science Association (APSA), the International Political Science Association (IPSA), the Peace Science Society (International), and the Harvard Club of France.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6525-7884

Harvard Scholar page: https://scholar.harvard.edu/hadley