Doctoral Student in History
About
I am a Ph.D. student in the History Department. My current scholarly interests revolve around the history of metal mining in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, with regional focuses on the Urals, Siberia, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus. For my doctoral dissertation, I look into the longue durée of mining development in these regions from the 18th through the 20th centuries, exploring the economics and cultures of mining, and their intersections with multilayered natural and social worlds.
I am a promoter and practitioner of digital scholarship and am dedicated to building open-access information spaces. 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, and Caspiana: A Digital Toolbox for Students and Scholars of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Recent 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.
