About
My research interests lie at the intersection of economic sociology, environmental sociology, political economy, and the sociologies of risk and morality. My dissertation, Private Property Under the Climate Crisis, examines how climate disasters transform the liberal regime of private property in the US as they destroy large swaths of property. Using ethnographic, interview, and archival data, I compare two Los Angeles communities facing concurrent disasters, examining how residents of differing ownership statuses conceptualize and mobilize their property rights post-disaster. I demonstrate how the dominant regime of private property can be both entrenched and destabilized by disasters, showing how climate change reshapes this core social institution.
Prior to joining the department, I received my B.A. from the University of Toronto in 2019, with majors in Sociology and Economics and a minor in Statistics.
My work has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. My writing has received awards from the ASA's Environmental Sociology Section and the University of Michigan's Sociology Department. My research was featured in an article by the Rackham Graduate School.
