I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Louisiana State University. My research investigates urban environments, especially as it relates to disasters, health, immigration, race, and social capital.

---

---

This research on urban environments is in three primary areas. 

First, I research disaster resilience and vulnerability, particularly the role of land cover change in producing environmental risks. This research is funded by an Early-Career Research Fellowship through the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. I am also a Fellow in the NSF's Human, Disasters, and Built Environment (HDBE) Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers program


Second, my co-authored book, titled Market Cities, People Cities (NYU Press, 2018), assesses vast variability in urban trajectories in Copenhagen and Houston, and what the implications are for our urban future.

Third, I research health risks from industrial air pollution in the United States by examining the extent of disparities across metropolitan areas, and how those disparities have emerged.