I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago. I am interested in Global and Transnational Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, and International Migration.
My dissertation studies how global geopolitical shocks, such as the Russian Invasion of Ukraine or new policies in academia under the Trump Presidency, can reshape the localized practices of academic knowledge production – publishing, teaching, hiring, admission, and collaboration.
At UIC, I also teach several undergraduate sociology courses and collaborate on Public Sociology projects, most recently a community-based study on mental health crisis response in Chicago.
Before coming to UIC, I worked at International Memorial (2016–2023), an organization awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. There, I contributed to the creation of a digital archival database documenting over 100,000 individuals persecuted during Stalin’s repressions. This work continues to shape my interest in archives, memory, and the politics of knowledge.