Academic training

• 2022 - Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (minor in Global Change), University of Arizona

• 2014 - Master of Arts in Geography, Portland State University

• 2008 - Bacherlor of Arts in English, Reed College (Phi Beta Kappa)

Professional experience

Professional Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Geography, Fairleigh Dickinson University. 01/2024 - present.

• Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment. 07/2022- 12/2023.

Graduate Research Assistantships

• Graduate Research Assistant. School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona. Aug 2018-May 2019, Jan-Dec 2020. 

• Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. January 2015 – May 2016.   

• Graduate Research Assistant, Udall Center for Public Policy, University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. August 2014 – December 2014.

Immigration Legal Defense

• Immigration Paralegal, Black Helterline, LLP. Portland, Oregon. August 2009 – August 2014.

• Immigration and Criminal Defense Paralegal, Law Office of Brian Patrick Conry, PC. Portland, Oregon. March 2008 – August 2009.