About Me |
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In September 2024, I will join the University of Oregon's School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Administration. I received my Ph.D in Environmental Science and Management and MA in Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara's Bren School, and I am a former USIP Peace Scholar Fellow.
I combine field research with quasi-experimental methods to study (1) how communities organize themselves into environmental decision-making and (2) how different forms of environmental policy implementation impact communities’ well-being. For example, some of my ongoing research evaluates community-based strategies for improving waste management in Liberia, where I work closely with the Center for Action Research and Training. Other projects of mine estimate the effect of privatizing protected area management on wildlife and people in Africa and disentangle the relationship between air pollution and social movement participation in the United States. My new book project explores how United Nations peacekeeping operations can promote the cooperative management of natural resources in a climate-changed world. I have been fortunate enough to publish in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and International Peacekeeping, and my research has been supported by organizations like the Folke Bernadotte Academy. In my free time, you can find me either climbing or running in whatever the closest mountain range is. Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to chat! |