I am a political scientist specializing in International Relations and Comparative Politics. I received my PhD in August 2026 from The Ohio State University. 

My research centers around identity security. It introduces a “top-down” approach to the study of identity threats and investigates how the international environment shapes what types of collective identity humans value and how they go about preserving it. It combines structural theory with epistemological and socio-psychological approaches, using discourse analysis, process tracing, and archival research.  

Before joining OSU, I earned a BA at Sciences Po Paris after a year-exchange at the University of Oxford, and a Master in International Relations at the Graduate Institute of Geneva. I've interned and worked at the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva, the International Crisis Group in Brussels, and the National Museum on the History of Immigration in Paris. I was born and raised in France, but my Armenian and Lebanese heritage has largely influenced my research.