Bio
I’m a PhD Candidate in political science at The University of California, Davis.
I focus my research broadly on the politics of disaster resilience, global governance, and development. I am also interested in the application of various mixed methods approaches to the study of disaster politics with a focus on network analysis and machine learning.
My dissertation, Catastrophic Politics: The International Community’s Role in Preventing and Responding to Man-Made Disasters, aims to broaden the methodologies used to study technological disasters and create a comprehensive dataset that will allow researchers to merge the technical data of disasters with political variables with relative ease.
In my free time I work as a freelance photographer focusing on wildlife, landscape, and architecture. I also enjoy traveling, textile arts, and spending time with my family.
Education
🎓 MA in Political Science, 2022 | University of Connecticut
🎓 BS in Finance, 2021 | University of Connecticut
🎓 BA in Human Rights, 2021 | University of Connecticut
🎓 BA in Criminology, 2021 | University of Connecticut
Research Interests
Substantive: Disaster Politics & Resilience | Global Governance | Development
Methodology: Network Analysis | Machine Learning