As a research scientist at the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, I worked on interdisciplinary projects spanning the natural and social sciences. These projects centered on environmental changes, particularly as they relate to agricultural production, the global food system, and migration patterns and decisions.

I have taught courses related to this research at Emory University and New York University, covering globalization, food security, sustainability, and research methods. I hold a PhD from the Department of Sociology at Emory University, focusing on the political economy of food and the causes and consequences of global food crises.

“Riots and Resources: How food access affects collective violence” is now available online in the Journal of Peace Research. April 28, 2020.

Two newly published articles investigating the cascading effects of disruptions to agricultural production through global trade:

“A regional nuclear conflict would compromise global food security” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. March 16, 2020.

“Simulating the Cascading Effects of an Extreme Agricultural Production Shock: Global Implications of a Contemporary US Dust Bowl Event” in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. March 20, 2020.

“The Picture from Above: Using Satellite Imagery to Overcome Methodological Challenges in Studying Environmental Displacement” in the Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration. January 2020.

Presentations at the 2019 American Geophysical Union Meeting in San Francisco: creating an early warning system for environmental threats to refugee camps, assessing the cascading effects of climate shocks to agricultural production through the global food trade system, and modeling the consequences of nuclear conflict on global food security.