I am a political scientist with interests in the politics of architecture, infrastructure, and technology. My research works at the intersection of modern & contemporary political theory, science & technology studies, and political geography. 

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​​My book, Fortress Power: Hostile Designs and the Politics of Spatial Control (University of Minnesota Press), examines the role of the fortress in the making of modern government. It follows fortified design from early modern colonialism to the militarization of borders, the segregation of cities, and the fortification of supply chains in logistical capitalism, revealing the spatial strategies that accompany configurations of political power.

 

My academic writing has also been published in Political Theory, Environment and Planning D, Security Dialogue, and Distinktion, among other outlets. ​I have previously been a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen and at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany, and I have taught at Drexel University, Saint Joseph's, Goucher College, Towson University, and Johns Hopkins University. I received my PhD from the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University.