I am a South Asianist by training and background. I am currently based in Baltimore, completing a doctorate at Johns Hopkins University, working between the Departments of the History of Science and Technology and Political Science. My degree, expected May 2026, is supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation to the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Hopkins. Broadly, I study the technopolitical histories of military science and technology in 20th century South Asia. As a kid and later as a Fulbright Fellow (U.S. DoEd) and Boren Fellow (U.S. DoD), I had the opportunity to spend a number of years studying and working in Nepal and India. My research is enriched by my appreciation of, and personal commitment to peace in, South Asia.
Before joining Hopkins, I previously helped lead international engagement for the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) at Sandia National Laboratories, promoting global security in the 21st century through technoscientific engagement. Working on the South Asia and Middle East portfolios in Sandia’s CMC and Center for Global Security and Cooperation, I convened bi/multilateral dialogues, designed and executed wargames and tabletop exercises, PI-ed internal and cooperative research studies between the CMC and organizations and scholars in partner countries, and supported Sandia training workshops, courses, visiting scholars, and diplomatic laboratory visits. Before Sandia, I worked on nukes and regional security as a South Asia analyst at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, D.C.
University of Washington | Seattle, WA
M.A.I.S. South Asia Studies | 2015
Concordia College | Moorhead, MN
B.A History, English Lit | 2011