Biography
I am a historian of emancipation and social change in the 19th-century Russian and Spanish empires. My dissertation offers a conceptual history of freedom in the Russian heartland and the Spanish Caribbean, focusing on the visions and contributions of non-elite actors.
Research Interests
Emancipation, conceptual history, freedom, imperialism, privilege and obligation
Education
M.A. in History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.A. in History at the University of Central Florida, Magna Cum Laude
Grants
Illinois Global Institute Summer Research Fellowship, 2026 (Estonia)
Tinker Foundation Fellowship, 2025
FLAS Academic Year Award, 2024-2025: Polish
FLAS Summer Award, 2024: Russian
FLAS Academic Year Award, 2023-2024: Russian
FLAS Summer Award, 2023: Russian
FLAS Academic Year Award, 2022-2023: Russian
FLAS Summer Award, 2022: Russian
Awards and Honors
Frederick S. Rodkey Prize in Russian History
Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia, 2026 Fellow
Courses Taught
HIST 100: Global History
HIST 104: Black Music
LAS 291: Global Perspectives for Intercultural Learning
LAS 292: Global Perspectives in Cross-Cultural Contexts
Additional Campus Affiliations
Former Editorial Assistant at Slavic Review
REEEC Executive Committee- Graduate Student Representative, 2025-2026