Welcome to my website. I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. I study international political economy, with a focus on state-firm relations and the environment.

My dissertation project examines how citizens leverage firms’ need for regulatory approval to secure local public goods. Using novel data from public hearings in India’s environmental clearance process linked to firms’ corporate social responsibility reports, I study when communities redirect distributive claims from the state toward firms and the conditions under which firms respond to those demands.

In 2025-26, I served as the Political Science Department’s Lead Teaching Fellow, in collaboration with Columbia’s Center for Teaching and Learning.

Research

Greener Pastures? A Labor Market Theory of Climate Governance.
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Politics. With Calvin Thrall and Noah Zucker

Public Claims, Private Provision: Environmental Hearings and Corporate Social Responsibility in India.
Work in progress.

An Instrumental Choice: The Political Economy of Carbon Pricing. With Jeffry Frieden and Robert Stavins

Grounds for Change: Gendered Asset Ownership and Climate Adaptation. Work in progress.

Teaching

Business and Politics - Teaching Assistant (Spring 2025, Spring 2026)
Professor Calvin Thrall

Rise of the Modern World Economy - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2025)
Professor Jeffry Frieden

Politics of International Economic Relations - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2024)
Professor Jeffry Frieden

Introduction to International Relations - Teaching Assistant (Spring 2024)
Professor Jayme Schlesinger

Inside the Situation Room - Co-Instructor (Fall 2023)
Hillary Clinton and Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo