Research

Academic / Peer-Reviewed

2025

"From Operation Mincemeat to Social Media Deceit: Misinformation in Modern Warfare"

In: Global Security in the 21st Century, pp. 154–156. Center for Security Policy Studies.

Presentations

Conference Presentations

2026

"Shaping Minds, Shifting Power: China's Cognitive Warfare Strategy in the Indo-Pacific"

MPSA · Chicago, IL

2026

"Affective Intelligence and the Stickiness of Disinformation"

SPSA (New Orleans) · MPSA (Chicago)

2026

"Conceal or Reveal? Strategic Signaling in Military Technology"

SPSA · New Orleans, LA

2026

"AI, Cognitive Warfare, and Algorithmic Amplification in Political Conflict"

SPSA · New Orleans, LA

Invited Talks & Briefings

2025

"OSINT and Disinformation in the Modern Day"

Guest Lecture · University of Buffalo

2025

"Current Events in International Security"

Center for Security Policy Studies

2024

"Young Alumni Career Panel"

American Enterprise Institute

Working Projects

Secret Weapons

Strategic signaling decisions in military technology. Models when states choose to conceal or reveal weapons capabilities and the downstream effects on deterrence and adversary behavior.

Formal modelingHistorical casesSignaling theory

Betting on War

A multi-paper project that looks at the effect that geopolitical betting markets have on costly signaling and crisis bargaining, along with negotiations and information manipulation.

Data analysisFormal modelingGame theory

Affective Intelligence & Disinformation

Why disinformation "sticks." Investigates the role of emotional processing and affective intelligence in making false narratives resistant to correction.

Experimental designSurvey dataPsychology

The Psychology of Disinformation as a Bayesian Process

Combining cutting-edge neuropsychology research with statistics, formal modeling, computing, and policy work to analyze how the brain reacts to information and how reasoning is part of the Bayesian process when it comes to making decisions under information.

PsychologyfMRIFormal modelingNeuroscience

AI Early Warning System

Machine learning model serving as an early-warning detection system for military exercises and naval movements in the Indo-Pacific, built on satellite imagery and OSINT data.

Machine learningSatellite imageryGeospatial data

Cognitive Warfare & Disinformation in the Indo-Pacific

Multiple projects examining how China employs cognitive warfare strategies, algorithmic amplification, and disinformation to shape perceptions and influence decision-making across the Indo-Pacific region.

Content analysisNetwork analysisCase studies

Economic Coercion & Resilience

Comparative analysis of how targeted states respond to economic coercion, examining the THAAD dispute and Australia's experience with Chinese trade measures.

Comparative case studyTrade dataProcess tracing