Doctoral Student in History
About
I am a Ph.D. student in the History Department. I study the economics and cultures of metal mining (mostly copper, silver, and gold) in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. I am particularly interested in the question of "value."
I practice and promote digital scholarship. I created or co-created several open-access digital resources, including the Digital Handbook for Research on Soviet History, Fontes: Open Access Sources for Ukrainian History, Caspiana: A Digital Toolbox for Students and Scholars of Central Asia and the Caucasus, and A Heritage Remembered: A History of the Georgian Diaspora in the US.
Previous Work:
“Kazakhstan’s Growing Role in the Global Energy Transition May Come at a Cost to Local Communities,” New Lines Magazine, May 9, 2024
"Dirty Jobs for 'Clean' Energy: Global Energy Transitions Encounter Industrial Legacies on the Kazakh Steppe," Case Study, UM-SEAS Environmental Justice Library, Gala, December 2023.
"Greener Pastures: China's Clean Energy Engagement in Central Asia," Policy Memo, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, March 2023.
