I research the new power geographies of low-carbon transition, with a focus on China and Southeast Asia.
I'm an associate professor and chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University.
I'm interested in the spatial politics and uneven socio-environmental impacts of China's energy transition, and the implications of this transition for other industrializing countries. My 3+ years of fieldwork has taken me all over China and Southeast Asia - from villages on the Lao/China border, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.
From 2018-19, I was a postdoctoral fellow in sustainability in the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. I received my PhD in Geography in 2017 from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MPhil in Resource Management and Geography from the University of Melbourne, and a BA in Anthropology and East Asian Studies from Vanderbilt University. Outside academia, I led policy and strategy for the Asialink Institute and developed urban renewal and regional development strategies at the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development.
I also hike long distances and run up big mountains. See my trip reports and Strava for descriptions and photos.