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My research explores topics at the intersection of criminal justice, collective action, and culture. It examines how people take collective action to resist or to reify structural inequities across race, place, class, and gender, with a particular focus on the criminal legal system and gentrifying urban neighborhoods. I use mixed methods to create and analyze original data sources, with an eye towards contributing to both sociological scholarship and policy debates aimed at ameliorating inequality. My dissertation, specifically, does so by examining the movements for and against “progressive” prosecutors who pledge to advance criminal justice reform in the United States.
I also greatly enjoy teaching, which I have done throughout graduate school as an Instructor of Record at the City College of New York, CUNY, and as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Washington. Prior to pursuing a PhD, I examined criminal justice policy at John Jay College, CUNY, the Obama White House, and Liberty Hill Foundation.