About Me

I am a critical geographer and poltical ecologist broadly interested in understanding the interface between environmental governance and resource extraction. I am currently a PhD Student and National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) where my doctoral research examines the role of environmental science, technology, and expertise in the approval of legally contested green mining projects in the American southwest. In my past work I’ve examined the the emergence of conservation solutions within regulatory contexts contrained by extractive mandates, as well as contributed to efforts to chronicle the role of subsidies in incentivizing environmental degradation within edangered species habitat. In addiion to my graduate work I have served as a program assistant at the Social Science Research Council and a most recently as a Junior Fellow with the Climate and Community Institute. I hold a BA in Environmental Studies from Bucknell University and an MA in Geography from the University of British Columbia. My work has appeared in The Vancouver Sun, The Narwhal, and CBC. In my spare professional time I enjoy creating maps to advance environmental justice campaigns and leveraging my financial database skills to support corporate accountability initiatives.