Department/College/UnitSocial Sciences Division

TitlePh.D. Candidate

AffiliationGraduate

Primary Office LocationMerrill College Academic Building
133

Mail StopMerrill/Crown Faculty Services

Biography, Education and Training

The New School – MA in Politics

Boston University – BA in History

Research Interests

I study the political economy of urbanization, global urban politics, and urban political ecology. At UC Santa Cruz, I am the editor of our graduate Keywords in Political Economy project, and a member of both the Critical Urban and Environmental Studies, and Global Political Thought working groups.

Teaching Interests

• Global Urban Politics
• Urban Governance
• Urban Theory
• Political Economy 
  
  

Teaching Experience

Instructor: Global Health Politics (Summer 2024)

Teaching Assistant: Global Politics; Theories of International Relations and World Politics; International Political Economy; Foundations for Global and Community Health; European Politics; Middle East Politics; Law and Politics of Memory; Governing the Golden State; Ancient Political Thought

Selected Publications

2024, Sarah Cheikhali, Ingy Higazy, Mark Howard, Henry McLaughlin, Gabriela Segura, Matthew Sparke & Lucia Vitale, “Alternative Archives: Researching Politics with Chunks of Reality,” Politics, https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957241292492