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Social Sciences Division
Politics Department
Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate
Merrill College Academic Building
133
Merrill/Crown Faculty Services
I study urban governance and political ecology from a global and comparative perspective. My dissertation examines three oft‑cited and celebrated examples of proactive urban climate governance—Barcelona, San Francisco, and Mexico City—and critically reassesses how the imperatives of economic growth and the constraints of multi‑level state institutions have shaped each case.
At UC Santa Cruz, I am the editor of our graduate Keywords in Political Economy project and a member of both the Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies, and Global Political Thought working groups.
MA in Politics, The New School for Social Research
BA in History, Boston University
urban climate governance, urban political ecology, urbanization, global political ecology, state theory, resilience, infrastructure, public works, municipal finance
- Global Urban Politics
- Urban Governance
- Urban Political Ecology
- Politics of Climate Change
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record:
- CMPM/GCH 20: Personal & Community Resilience in the Changing Climate
- GCH 186: Global Health Politics
Teaching Assistant: Classical Social Theory; Global Politics; Theories of International Relations and World Politics; International Political Economy; Foundations for Global and Community Health; European Politics; Middle East Politics; Law and Politics of Memory; Governing the Golden State; Ancient Political Thought
"Centering the State in Urban Political Ecology: The Value of Santa Cruz" AAG Annual Meeting in San Francisco, 2026.
2024, Sarah Cheikhali, Ingy Higazy, Mark Howard, Henry McLaughlin, Gabriela Segura, Matthew Sparke & Lucia Vitale, “Alternative Archives: Researching Politics with Chunks of Reality,” Politics, https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957241292492
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