Bio Statement

I am a feminist political geographer, conflict resolution practitioner, and anti-trafficking advocate. I am currently a non-resident research fellow at the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance (VTIPG) and a faculty member in the Historical and Political Studies (HAPS) department at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA, USA. Prior to these roles, I was the 2022-2023 InFocus War and Peace Scholar-in-Residence at Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA, USA. My regional expertise is post-socialist Eurasia, specifically the South Caucasus region. My research interests include critical geopolitics, border and migration studies, political violence, architecture and urban planning, and posthumanist approaches to political ecology. Through critical, feminist and post/decolonial frameworks, my scholarship contributes embodied and emotional insight into the study of violent geographies. As an educator, I’ve demonstrated administrative leadership in scholarly teaching excellence. This has been accomplished through the use of evidence-based practice to facilitate transformative learning experiences for my students and leading peer education training workshops related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. Finally, I am a scholar-activist, who supports advocacy, education, and aftercare initiatives for human trafficking survivors in the Lehigh Valley.

Education

Ph.D. Geography, Rutgers University, 2019

M.A. International Peace and Conflict Resolution, Arcadia University, 2012

B.A. Peace and Conflict Studies, Juniata College, 2009