I am currently serving as Visiting Assistant Professor a Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where I teach classes in international relations and international political economy.  I recently finished my Ph.D. in political science at the University of California, San Diego. My research interests include the politics of economic reform, dollarization, and capital account liberalization. My dissertation investigates the political economy of banking regulations and capital controls in developed and developing countries. I explain the timing and nature of liberalization of regulations of foreign currency deposits.