Research Interests

  • Historical political economy
  • Environmental politics
  • Science and Technology Studies (STS)
  • Philosophy of science and causal inference
  • Local politics, participation, and representation
  • AI and surveillance
  • Critical theories and methodologies

Education

MA Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (August 2023)
BA Political Science and International Affairs, University of Nevada, Reno (May 2019)

Awards and Honors

2022 Collaborative Midterm Survey at the Cornell Center for Social Sciences Data Innovation Award for "Policing Protests: Does Repression, Surveillance, and Targeting of Civil Rights Protesters Cause Chilling Effects in the United States?" Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association (May 2024).

Courses Taught

PS 270: Introduction to Political Theory (Fall 2025)
PS 282: Governing Globalization (Spring 2025)

Additional Campus Affiliations

Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security

Recent Publications

Rosa Luxemburg’s ‘Beyond’ Capitalism and Amy Allen’s ‘Beyond’ the Developmental Arc of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign's Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory Kritik Blog (October 2022).