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Employment

University of York, York, UK
Department of Environment and Geography
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Sustainability, July 2022 - present

Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Centre for International Environmental Studies
Postdoctoral Researcher, July 2021 - June 2022

Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Department of Management, Society and Communication
Assistant Professor (adjunkt), July 2018 - June 2021

Education

Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2012-2018
PhD, Forestry and Environmental Studies, May 2018
MPhil Forestry and Environmental Studies, December 2015
Committee: Professors Michael R. Dove (chair), Karen Hébert, Kathryn Dudley, Paul Kockelman
Dissertation: "Financializing Nature: The Meanings, Measures, and Values of Corporate Sustainability"

London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, 2011-2012
MSc (with merit) Environmental Economics and Climate Change

University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 2007-2011
BA (cum laude) international studies, economics minor
BA (cum laude) Mandarin Chinese, mathematics minor

Funding and Fellowships 

Honorary Research Associate, Center for the Anthropology of Sustainability, Department of Anthropology, University College London

Sapere Aude Research Grant, Danish Independent Research Council (DFF), Co-Investigator with Martin Skrydstrup (PI) and Hannah Elliott, 2018-2020

Junior Visiting Fellow, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement), 2015-2016

Fulbright Award (Geneva, Switzerland), 2015-2016

Bourse Confédération Suisse, 2015-2016

MacMillan Geneva-Exchange, 2015

Council on African Studies Summer Research Grant, 2014

Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies Summer Research Grant, 2013

Previous Work Experience

Yale University, New Haven, CT
Fall 2016, Teaching Fellow
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Department of Anthropology
Society and Environment: Introduction to Theory and Method (with Prof. Michael Dove)
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Spring 2014, Teaching Fellow
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Social Science Writing Workshop (with Prof. Karen Hébert)

Fall 2013, Teaching Fellow
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Department of Anthropology
Social Science of Conservation and Development (with Dr. Carol Carpenter)

Strategic Wealth Management, Oxford, MS
January 2011 – May 2011, Intern

University of Mississippi Department of Modern Languages, Oxford, MS
January 2009 – August 2011, Teaching and Research Assistant

Courses Taught

Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (Copenhagen Business School, masters elective) syllabus
Introduction to Sustainable Business (Copenhagen Business School, bachelors course)

Other Skills

Languages: English (native), Mandarin Chinese (advanced), French (basic), Dutch (basic)

Professional Organizations

American Anthropological Association (2013-present)
Royal Anthropological Institute (2015-present)
American Association of Geographers (2016-2022)
European Association of Social Anthropologists (2016-2018)
​Dansk Etnografisk Forening (2018-2021)

Service

Reviewer for: Ecological Economics, Competition and Change, History of the Human Sciences, ​Academy of Management
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