At the nexus of urban geography and human-environment relations, my research primarily examines the connections between urban waterscapes and socio-political processes in cities of the global South. In particular, I examine water and its infrastructures as a lens for analyzing social and material relations in cities as well as differing regimes and institutions of everyday urban governance. My prior research has predominately focused on Indian cities, contributing to theorizations of urban and feminist political ecologies, Southern and comparative urbanism, and “actually existing” modalities of urban water governance in postcolonial cities. Recent research includes a project on 'waterless cities' in India as well as collaborative research on the ways gendered bodies and labor compensates for inadequate and partial infrastructures.
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urban geography, nature-society relations, political ecology of water, southern urbanism, India, urban infrastructure, water governance
GEOG 1972 - Sustainable Futures, Environment and Society
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2023
Deepen your understanding of key global environmental issues, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, overconsumption, and environmental health hazards. We will discuss topics including conservation, water use, ethics, and environmental justice, and think about the relationship between politics, economy, culture and nature with case studies from around the globe.
GEOG 3422 - Political Ecology
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Spring 2019
Political ecology is an influential approach to understanding society-environment relationships. Learn about issues including different philosophies of nature and wilderness, the politics of conservation, causes of environmental degradation, environmental conflict and indigenous ecological knowledge and understand their importance in our society. Recommended prerequisite: GEOG 1972.
GEOG 3622 - Cities of the Global South
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
Examines the geographies, processes, structural forces and everyday forms of urban life that are at the core of rapid urban transformation in the global South. Through using interdisciplinary scholarship, empirical case studies and key theoretical work, the course covers themes such as migration and urbanization, informality and governance, infrastructures of everyday life and urban environmental politics. Same as IAFS 3670.
GEOG 5100 - Special Topics: Geography
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Spring 2024
Covers various topics outside of the normal curriculum; offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of faculty. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
GEOG 6940 - Master's Candidate for Degree
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Spring 2022
Registration intended for students preparing for a thesis defense, final examination, culminating activity, or completion of degree.
GEOG 6950 - Master's Thesis
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021
Instructor consent required.
IAFS 1000 - Global Issues and International Affairs
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Spring 2024
Introduces the student to the international affairs program. The course examines political and economic development in several countries in many different world regions. Examines historical trends and development as well as current political and economic issues.
IAFS 3670 - Cities of the Global South
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
Examines the geographies, processes, structural forces and everyday forms of urban life that are at the core of rapid urban transformation in the global South. Through using interdisciplinary scholarship, empirical case studies and key theoretical work, the course covers themes such as migration and urbanization, informality and governance, infrastructures of everyday life and urban environmental politics. Same as GEOG 3622.
IAFS 4500 - The Post-Cold War World
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022
Capstone course for international affairs majors. Examines the ways in which the end of the Cold War, the collapse of failed states, and the rise of global terrorism changed the world. Studies how peoples, governments and nongovernmental organizations face new social, political, economic and security challenges in an era of globalization. Includes discussion, oral reports, critical book reviews, and research papers.
