I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech and a Senior Fellow at the Research Institute for Sustainability in Potsdam, Germany, where I research feminist political ecology. In particular, I am interested in the politics of energy in an era of planetary disruption. My path to feminism and environmental politics began in the science classroom. After studying biochemistry as an undergraduate, I began medical school, hoping to address inequities in health outcomes.

Very quickly, I realized that I was more interested in the how and why behind injustice, and switched course to embark upon postgraduate work in global politics. While I now draw upon multiple disciplines outside of the sciences to investigate these questions, my work remains focused upon that same nexus of power, science, technology, and the more-than-human world. 

Contact: energyshift [at] vt.edu