I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University at Buffalo, and a core faculty member of the Research and Education in Energy, Environment, and Water (RENEW) Institute. My research investigates environmental and urban inequalities.

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This research on urban environments is in three primary areas. First, 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.

Second, I research disaster 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.

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.