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 - Environment-Society Geography
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2023
Examines interactions between humans and the environment across the globe from a geographical perspective. Introduces different analytical perspectives through which to understand nature-society relationships, with a focus on social, cultural and political-economic dimensions, and examples from different natural resource sectors (e.g., water, agriculture) and countries. Formerly GEOG 2412.
GEOG 3422 - Political Ecology
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Spring 2019
Introduces students to political ecology, an influential approach to understanding society-environment relationships. Explores issues including different philosophies of nature and wilderness, the politics of conservation, causes of environmental degradation, environmental conflict and indigenous ecological knowledge. 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 6950 - Master's Thesis
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021
Instructor consent required.
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.
