​Thank you for visiting! I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Auburn University. 

At Auburn, I conduct qualitative social science research into the timber and poultry industries in rural Alabama as part of the Auburn University Rural Partnership Institute. 

I received my PhD in Sociology and Development Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. My dissertation research was supported by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, with additional funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the UW–Madison Graduate School, two Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships, and a UW–Madison/Mellon Foundation Area and International Studies Research Fellowship. 

My research has appeared in the journal Agriculture and Human Values. 

​​Prior to beginning my PhD program, I worked full-time as a bilingual educator and administrator at a K-12 school in Comayagua, Honduras. I also completed a master’s degree in environmental studies, focusing on sustainable development and public policy. I worked on research projects in tropical agriculture and rural livelihood development with Runa Foundation in Tena, Ecuador, exploring market-building strategies for indigenous farmers in the Amazon. 

​​​I am originally from Verona, Wisconsin. In my free time, I like to cook, work with my wife in our garden plot, walk in the woods, and plan thrilling adventures as a D&D dungeon master.