I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) at the University of Pittsburgh and a Visiting Researcher at the Center for Research on Social Memory at the University of Warsaw.  In 2021 and 2022, I was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Psychology of Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation Lab (PIRC) at the Hebrew University in Israel and the Post Conflict Research Center in Sarajevo. My research centers on intergroup relations in ethnically polarized settings with a focus on the Mediterranean region. I am a trained mixed-method scholar who places great emphasis on translating research knowledge into policy and practice. Before joining GSPIA, I worked with various grassroots and international organizations engaged in civil and human rights advocacy, specifically concerning refugees, indigenous populations, and other marginalized communities.

For the 2021-2022 academic year, I was generously awarded the USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship and the American Councils Title VIII Research Scholarship to conduct research on my dissertation, now titled: "The Dynamics of Cross-Ethnic Relationships in Ethnically Polarized Spaces: A Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israel."