He is the author of The Price of a Vote in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2016). His articles have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, and other journals. During the 2016-2017 academic year, he is a W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Northwestern University.