My research addresses issues of environmental politics in relation to political economy, feminist theory, and the history of political thought. From this perspective I've written on a range of topics, from disasters to Donna Haraway, biocapital to basic income. My dissertation, “Free Gifts: A Political Theory of Social and Ecological Reproduction," addresses the place of nature in theories of politics and economics in the twentieth century, and investigates prospects for the twenty-first.
I hold a BA in political science from Stanford and an MSc in Nature, Society, and Environmental Policy from Oxford.
Select publications and presentations are listed below. You can download my CV here.
I hold a BA in political science from Stanford and an MSc in Nature, Society, and Environmental Policy from Oxford.
Select publications and presentations are listed below. You can download my CV here.
Peer-reviewed publications
“Bringing in the Work of Nature: From Natural Capital to Hybrid Labor.” Political Theory Vol. 45(1) 5–31: 2017. (proof—published paper here.)
“Kata and/or Streiphen: Climate Change and the Politics of Catastrophe.” In Catastrophes: A History and Theory of an Operative Concept. Eds. Nitzan Lebovic and Andreas Killen. De Gruyter, 2014.
Select presentations
“Free Gifts: A Political Theory of Social and Ecological Reproduction," American Political Science Annual Meeting, September 1, 2018.
“The Limits to Rawls: Ecology, Economics, and Politics in the 1970s.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1, 2017.
“Reading Haraway Politically.” Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, B.C., April 14, 2017.
“The Economy of Nature: Whole Earth Economics and the Disappearance of the Outside.” Historicizing the Economy, Harvard University, September 24, 2016.
“The Lives of Capitalism,” with the Yale Working Group on Globalization and Culture, Princeton University, April 21, 2016.
“‘Making Nature’s Values Visible’: Seeing Ecosystems in Politics and Economics.” University of Massachusetts-Amherst, March 11, 2016.
“From Natural Capital to Hybrid Labor: Toward a Feminist Political Ecology.” Anthropocene Feminism, Center for 21st Century Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, April 12, 2014.
“Free Gifts: A Political Theory of Social and Ecological Reproduction," American Political Science Annual Meeting, September 1, 2018.
“The Limits to Rawls: Ecology, Economics, and Politics in the 1970s.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1, 2017.
“Reading Haraway Politically.” Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, B.C., April 14, 2017.
“The Economy of Nature: Whole Earth Economics and the Disappearance of the Outside.” Historicizing the Economy, Harvard University, September 24, 2016.
“The Lives of Capitalism,” with the Yale Working Group on Globalization and Culture, Princeton University, April 21, 2016.
“‘Making Nature’s Values Visible’: Seeing Ecosystems in Politics and Economics.” University of Massachusetts-Amherst, March 11, 2016.
“From Natural Capital to Hybrid Labor: Toward a Feminist Political Ecology.” Anthropocene Feminism, Center for 21st Century Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, April 12, 2014.