About Me

I am an interdisciplinary scholar of urban studies, Black geographies, and racial capitalism with a focus on the historical development of American cities.

My book manuscript, Spatial Dialogues in the Black Atlantic: A speculative history of the Domino Sugar Refinery, 1791-1883 offers a critical account of the growth and development of American cities through their geographic ties to the production of race and gender on Caribbean plantations in the nineteenth century. By engaging these geographically distant spaces in relationship to each other, the book argues that spatial dynamics of urbanization, such as agglomeration, the spatial fix, and scale, are historically premised on enslavement, colonialism, and racialization. Broadly, my work considers the geography of the “urban” as a spatial archetype of modernity that is produced in dialogue with racial difference, gender, and class on a global scale. 

In addition to the historical dimensions of my work, I also have a master's degree in urban planning and policy with a critical focus on industrial land use, property-led economic development strategies, and zoning policy. I have held research positions and internships at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites (University of Pennsylvania), the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, the Urban Manufacturing Alliance, the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative, and the Office of the NYC Public Advocate. 

I am currently the Associate Managing Editor of Urban Affairs Review, a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original research on urban studies and politics and the founder and host of the journal’s companion podcast, “UAR Remixed.” During the 2025-26 AY, I will be a Visiting Research Scholar the the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design.