As an Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University, I continue my research to understand how human-water relationships are challenged by climatic changes and climate governance decisions. I focus my research on the equity of the processes of climate governance, with particular interest in how different knowledges inform those processes. I work with communities to ensure that governance decisions are more culturally-informed.

I recently completed an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SPRF-2104950) working in affiliation with the Free-flowing Rivers Lab at Northern Arizona University. My project, entitled Hydrosocial territories of climate governance: an interdisciplinary examination of the Indigenous-hydropower nexus, investigated the dynamic interactions and feedbacks between imaginaries, climate change discourse, and hydropower development. I conducted mixed-methods, ethnographic research at climate and hydropower conferences, as well as in the Western United States where proposed hydropower projects threaten Indigenous communities.

I earned a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2021. My dissertation research was funded by the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (BCS- 1756367) and the Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship with the Social Science Research Council.

I hold a Master of Science degree from Florida International University where I combined social and natural science methods to examine the transformations of coffee landscapes within Indigenous conserved forest areas in the Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, Mexico.

As an undergraduate student at Drexel University in Philadelphia, I studied marine biology and played soccer. I also spent a semester sailing with Sea Education Association (class P-180) around the North Pacific. I conducted my co-op projects in Florida, Midway Atoll, and Alaska, which set the stage for my future interdisciplinary research.

In my free time, I enjoy hiking, bird watching, science fiction, and canoeing on the Mississippi River.