Employment
Maastricht University / Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS)
Department of Society Studies
Assistant Professor, September 2023 - present
University of York, York, UK
Department of Environment and Geography
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Sustainability, July 2022 - August 2023
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)
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
Maastricht University / Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS)
Department of Society Studies
Assistant Professor, September 2023 - present
University of York, York, UK
Department of Environment and Geography
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Sustainability, July 2022 - August 2023
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)
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
