Education
August. 2019 – present
PhD Candidate, Geography, Syracuse University.
April. 2014 – Feb. 2018
Nov. 2009 – Oct. 2013
January 2022 – May 2022
January 2022 – August 2022
August 2020 – December 2021
Master of Science, Integrated Natural Resource Management, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Semester abroad, Geography Department of Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Bachelor of Science, Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
Research Assistant, Grader, Syracuse University.
Union organizer for Organzi.ng
Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University
The Natural Environment
Human Geographies
Academic student assistant Humboldt Universität, Life Sciences Faculty, Berlin
Professional experience
April. 2016 – Feb. 2018
Nov. 2013- Feb. 2014
Intern– ADEID (Action pour un developpement, equitable, intégré et durable), Bafoussam, Cameroon.
Intern– Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Brazil.
Writer, translator
Jacobin (online), Marxismo crítico (online), Revista de Frente (online), Commune magazine (online), Revista Insurgente (online)
Oct. - Dec. 2011
Since 2015
Peer reviewed publications
2023. The case for environmental labor geography: The role of organized labor in the climate crisis, Progress in Human Geography, 47(2), 317-332.
2022. “Our Turks make the best German cars”: Racism as a tool to break workers' power in the 1973 Ford strikes, Antipode, 54(3), 873-891.
Conferences/presentations
2024
Conference on Global Coal Transitions, Ohio University, presentation
SASE 2024 (Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics), paper presentation
American Association of Geographers 2024, paper presentation
Findings presentation for Revierwende (German Union Confederation’s project for transitioning the coal mining regions)
Labor Geography seminar at the Geography Department of the Bayreuth University, Germany
DSA after Bernie. Colloquium participation at the University of Jena, Germany
Historical Materialism conference, SOAS London, paper presentation
Royal Geographical Society-IBG London conference, paper presentation
American Association of Geographers 2023, paper presentation
Herbstforum-Promotionswerkstatt 2022: Demokratie in Arbeit organized by the Hans-Böckler Stiftung, poster presentation
Marx is’ Muss Conference, Berlin, presentation
2020. Interview. Es ist richtig Biden nicht zu unterstützen. For Die Freiheitsliebe
2018. La mitigación del cambio climático es por la izquierda, Revista de Frente
2018. Forward to peace! Forward to socialism!, Peace and Place: 20th anniversary issue, You are here, Journal of Creative Geography, University of Arizona
2018. ¡Que todo Chile se vuelva feminista!, Marx21.net
2017. Argentinien ein neuer Massenaufstand? Interview with Fernando Prieto for Marx21.de
2016. Brasilien und das Scheitern der Klassenversöhnung, Interview with Isadora Penna for Marx21.de
Research Excellence Doctoral Funding Program, Syracuse University
Watson Grant, Syracuse University
Evelyn L. Pruitt Fellowship
AAG Dissertation Research Grant
PARCC mini-grant, Syracuse University
Martin Roscoe Grant Award, Syracuse University
Thompson Burkhead Award, Syracuse University
Moynihan Summer Research Grant Program: Goekjian/MASU Research Grant, Syracuse University
Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship
PROMOS - DAAD
IG Metall
Ver.di
Society of Woman Geographers
The American Geographical Society
American Association of Geographers
Humboldt geht in die Schulen
Reviewer for the Antipode Journal, ACS Books.
2023. Podcast Interview for Leftreckoning. We can't beat climate change without workers.
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2017
Other publications
Fellowship/ Awards
2024
2023
2023
2022
2023
2021
2020
2021
2019-2020 (2022-2023)
2015
2009
Service
Memberships
2020. Interview with Tamara Ortega. Chile after the plebiscite, Pinochet’s constitution. For Nobordersnew.org
2024. Podcast Interview for Green New Deal Media, UK. Organizing in Coal Mines and Car Plants for climate
2024
Seminar on the Green Transition, Syracuse University.
2024
Summer Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, Syracuse University
2024
Historical Materialism Conference, London. Session organizer and presenter
2024
2025 (forthcoming)
AAG, Detroit, presenter and session co-organizer
Past, Present, and Future of Green Jobs conference at Université du Québec en Outaouais, presenter