Hello.

I am an Assistant Professor of Geography at Colgate University. As an urban scholar, my work focuses on housing, policing, race, class, and punishment in U.S. cities. You can find some of my scholarship in the “Writing” tab and I am currently writing a book that is under contract with University of Chicago Press. In addition to my academic work, I also have a background in public policy and maintain an interest in public and applied scholarship. I’m experienced in qualitative research methods ranging from ethnography to archival research to participatory mapping. In 2021 I was named an Emerging Scholar by the H.F. Guggenheim Foundation. I’ve previously worked as a policy analyst in Chicago and with prison education programs in Illinois and New York. I am also a member of the Unequal Cities Network. When I don’t have my nose buried in a book, I’m probably working in the garden or out walking my rescue dog, Maya.

research interests

urban studies, urban planning & policy, housing justice, policing, the U.S. carceral state, abolition, public & affordable housing, race/ethnicity, poverty and inequality, and qualitative methods

full CV available upon request