I am Heather Kopp, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University. My research focuses on the domestic determinants and consequences of interstate conflict and on political competition. Broadly, I have research interests in interstate and intrastate conflict processes, nonstate actors, voting behavior, public opinion and interstate conflict, and party competition over foreign policy issue ownership. I have work published in Political Research Quarterly, and I teach graduate and undergraduate international relations courses.

I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri in 2024 and my B.S. in Political Science and History from Truman State University in 2019.