My doctoral research focuses on community engagement in climate adaptation policymaking, including what types of and whether greater participation improve the content and robustness of U.S. municipal climate adaptation plans, and whether these factors increase implementation, residential satisfaction, sustainability outcomes, or resilience.
I am also interested in the complexities of climate-induced displacement and mobility as adaptation, and helping to coordinate a network of Oxford-affiliated researchers interested in similar issues of climate and migration (get in touch if interested in joining!). Additionally, I’m working on projects on the impacts of personal experiences with natural disasters and political affiliations on engagement with climate adaptation and how to ‘right size’ climate adaptation planning and policymaking to reduce friction across governance jurisdictions and scales in the United States.
My doctoral supervisor is Dr Thomas Hale. I most recently provided research support to the Net Zero Tracker; the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 2022 Race to Zero Criteria Consultation Process, as part of the Nature, Land Use, and Deforestation Working Group; and the Digital Pathways at Oxford’s Digital Economy Kit.
Completed Projects
The Appropriation and Reinscription of Peacebuilding Discourses in Burundi, 2000–2015. MPhil Dissertation. Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. Supervisor: Dr Devon Curtis. Academic Honors: Top MPhil Dissertation in Degree (cohort of ~60 students); Gates Cambridge Scholar.
Rape as a Weapon of War: Investigating the Use of Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones. International Relations BA Thesis. University of Pennsylvania. Supervisor: Dr Anna Viden. Honors: Distinction in International Relations; Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society for International Relations.
¡Que Se Vayan Todos! Representaciones Culturales del Pueblo Argentino después de la Crisis Económica de 2001 (Out with All of Them! Cultural Representations of the Argentine People following the 2001 Economic Crisis). Hispanic Studies BA Thesis (in Spanish). University of Pennsylvania. Academic Honors: Distinction in Hispanic Studies; Phi Beta Kappa Society; Dean’s List, 2009-2013; summa cum laude.
Working Papers
Coming soon…