I am a Ph.D. Student and Presidential Fellow in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. As a human-environment geographer, I study the impact of global capital, state power, and infrastructure in ports and harbors on urban-marine environments and communities. For my dissertation research, I am interested in employing a geopolitical ecology framework to analyze container and energy resource shipping's role in global networks of governance and capitalism, as well as its connection to cities, pollution, and climate change. Most of my work has had a regional focus in sub-Saharan Africa, however I am currently open to a broader global focus as well as conducting work in my hometown of San Pedro, CA.
I previously earned an M.A. in Geography from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in Geography/Environmental Studies from UCLA, and have conducted qualitative and quantitative fieldwork in Ghana, Botswana, and Australia. Prior to graduate school, I worked as an AmeriCorps Member at the American Red Cross, a non-profit outreach coordinator, a high-school tutor, and an art instructor. |