I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago. I am interested in Global and Transnational Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, and International Migration.
My dissertation studies how global geopolitical shocks can reshape the localized practices of academic knowledge production – publishing, teaching, hiring, admission, and collaboration.
At UIC, I also teach several undergraduate sociology courses and collaborate on Public Sociology projects, most recently a community-based study on mental health crisis response in Chicago.
Before coming to UIC, I worked at International Memorial (2016–2023), an organization awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. There, I contributed to the creation of a digital archival database documenting over 100,000 individuals persecuted during Stalin’s repressions. This work continues to shape my interest in archives, memory, and the politics of knowledge.