Contact Information
1054 Natural History Building
1301 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
1301 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
PhD Candidate
Research Interests
Political geography
Infrastructure and mobility
Rhetoric and media studies
Science and technology studies
Cold War
Grants
- Craig H. Neilsen Foundation | 2023-27
- Schlesinger Travel Grant | 2024, 2025
- AAG Council Award for Outstanding Paper Grant | 2024
- AAG Student Travel Grant | 2024
- George Beatty Fellowship | 2025
- Graduate College Dissertation Travel Grant | 2026
- Jeremiah Sullivan Fellowship | 2026
- Russell Fellowship | 2026-27
Awards and Honors
- List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent | Fall 2023, Fall 2024
- Third Place Graduate Student Poster, West Lakes, AAG | 2023
- Graduate College Conference Presentation Awards | 2024, 2025, 2026
- AAG Council Awards for Outstanding Graduate Student Papers | 2024
- LAS Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching | 2025
- Campus Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching | 2025
- Institute of Australian Geographers Conference Award | 2025
- Second Place Graduate Student Paper, West Lakes, AAG | 2025
- Jeremiah Sullivan Graduate Award | 2026
Courses Taught
Instructor of Record
- GGIS/ESE 210 Social & Environmental Issues | Summer 2024
- GGIS/GLBL 221 Geographies of Global Conflict | Fall 2024
- GGIS 204 Cities of the World | Spring 2025
- GGIS 204 Cities of the World | Fall 2025
- GLBL 296 Geographies of Nuclear States | Spring 2026
- GLBL 296 Geographies of Nuclear States | Fall 2026
Teaching Assistant
- GGIS/GLBL 221 Geographies of Global Conflict | Fall 2023
- GGIS/ESE 379 Intro to GIS | Spring 2024
Research Assistant
- Geocoded dataset on bombing locations and IDP/refugee movements in Ukraine | Summer 2022
Graduate Assistant
- GGIS 223 Geopolitics & Technology | Summer 2025