Degrees

• B.A. McGill University (2011)
• M.Sc Political Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science (2014)

Fields of Study

Sociology of Climate Change, Political Sociology, Urban Sociology, Environmental Justice, Qualitative Methods

Research

My dissertation project looks at the politics of sea level rise adaptation on the California coast. Using data from archival materials, semi-structured interviews, and ethnographic observation, I look at closely at the political contests of climate adaptation—negotiating private-public boundaries, institutionalizing whose voice is heard in adaptation planning—to explain emerging patterns of inequality as well as opportunities for a more just, democratic approach to adaptation. My project has received support from the Climate Social Science Network. I am founder of the Housing Justice and Climate Adaptation Working Group and Co-Founder of the Critical Climate Adaptation Working Group at UCLA, both of which receive support from the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. My writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books among other publications.

Awards & Grants

• UCLA Institute on Inequality and Democracy, Working Group Award, 2022-23
• Silton Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award, 2022
• Climate Social Science Network Seed Grant Competition, 2021-22
• Silton Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award, 2021
• Graduate Research Summer Mentorship Award, UCLA, 2021
• Graduate Research Mentorship Award, UCLA, 2019-2020
• Hobhouse Memorial Prize, best academic performance with Distinction in political sociology, London School of Economics, 2014

Advisors

• Edward Walker (Dissertation Committee Chair)
• Liz Koslov
• Stefan Timmermans
• Hannah Landecker
• Scott Frickel