About Me

I am a critical geographer and poltical ecologist broadly interested in understanding the interface between environmental governance and resource extraction. I am a PhD candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where my doctoral research investigates the role of science, technology, and environmental expertise in conflicts between energy development and species protections 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 endangered 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.