I am an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of South Carolina in 2015. I am the MA in Political Science Graduate Director and a faculty affiliate for the UTEP Native American and Indigenous Studies minor.

My research focuses on judicial politics, comparative courts, international law, human rights, indigenous law, judicial independence, the rule of law, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. I investigate how courts and judges make decisions, the impact of these decisions on the rule of law and human rights, and the development and interaction of laws across international and domestic spheres.