I am a community-engaged researcher with a background in environmental and social science. My work investigates how people respond to visions of environmental futures and senses of climate crisis. I ask how and by whom claims about climate futures are produced and stabilized, what material and social forces are enabled by these claims, and how issues of power and inequity are negotiated in the relationships of expert and non-expert communities living and working in the same environments. I am particularly interested in integrating humanistic and qualitative methods into public-facing and use-based research which can promote climate resilience across coastal communities in New England and beyond.

I completed my PhD in the Department of Anthropology at Emory University in 2022. There, I studied the practices of climate science, communication, and collaboration between environmental scientists and indigenous publics along the coastal margin of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). More recently, my work has focused on the justice implications of offshore wind power development on port-adjacent communities across the East Coast of the US. A former National Geographic explorer, my work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, US Dept. of Agriculture, and the US Dept. of Energy. I proudly make my home in southern Rhode Island and outside work can often be found exploring the beautiful coastline with my dog and family.