Biography
I work at the intersection of the history of the earth sciences and environmental history, with a focus on the politics of the deep past during the nineteenth century. My dissertation project examines Ireland’s peat bogs as sites of prehistory, objects of agricultural development schemes, and symbols of death and regeneration. I have conducted archival research in the UK, Ireland, and India. My broader research interests include subterranean environments, cultures of collecting, and the construction of geologic knowledge in the British empire.
Before coming to UW–Madison, I also worked in editorial at Cambridge University Press.
Education
B.A., History, Vassar College, 2019
Field
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Selected Publications
- Review of David Bainbridge, Geology: An Illustrated History. H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews (2026)
- Review of Simon Naylor, The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire. H-Environment, H-Net Reviews (2026)
Professional Affiliations
History of Science Society
MA Title
“What Lies Beneath: Soil, Landscape, and the Geologic Imagination of the Deccan”
Courses Taught as TA
History of Science 201: The Origins of Scientific Thought