I am an environmental sociologist at Vanderbilt University. My research and teaching address questions at the intersection of structural inequality, development processes, and environmental change. My work engages scholarship in the fields of environmental sociology, environmental justice, climate justice, critical theories of race, energy transitions and technological displacement, and socio-ecological systems. I currently teach Environment and Society, Environmental Inequality and Justice, and The Social Contexts of Public Policy.
Ph.D in Sociology, 2018
University of Oregon
MS in Sociology, 2015
University of Oregon
BA in Poltics and Policy, 2013
Washington State University
Identifies a need for direct intervention in historically entrenched forms of inequality.
Identifies and employs the frameworks and epistemology of Du Bois and other epistemic pluralists to better understand the role of race and inequality in socio-ecological systems.
What social changes yield a society that is more equitable, sustainable, resilient, and robust?
Responsibilities include research, service and committee work, and teaching the following courses:
Responsibilities included research, graduate program service, serving as graduate assistant for various courses, and sole instructor of record for the following courses: