Hello! I am an Associate Professor of Sociology at Colgate University, where I teach and do research on social movements and activism, (anti)racism and the body.
My new book White Flank (2026) examines what it will take to get more white people to fight for multiracial democracy.
This is the culmination of my research into organizing efforts to move predominantly white communities to divest from white supremacy and invest in racial justice. Here is a public facing article from that work.
My first book Solidarity in Practice: Moral Protest and the US Security State (Cambridge University Press 2018) examines how justice-seeking solidarity drives activist communities contesting US torture, militarism and immigration policies.
Before earning my PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, I spent several years working on immigrant justice issues in New York State, Central Mexico, and Colorado. My writing has been published in both academic and popular venues. On the academic side, this includes American Quarterly, CITY, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Mobilization, Race & Class, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Sociology Compass. My more public-facing work can be found at Common Dreams, Interface and in The Denver Post.
