Global CommonsMy work explores the successes and failures of attempts to define, utilize, and manage non-terrestrial spaces throughout history.
_____ Dissertation: "Shifting Grounds: Scientific and Technological Change and International Regimes for the Ocean and Outer Space" ___ Papers: “The Social Construction of the New Arctic,” in The Social Ecology of the Anthropocene: Continuity and Change in Global Environmental Politics, eds. Richard Matthew, K. Goodrich, C. Harron, B. Maharramov, E. Nizkorodov, 2016 “Fluid Foundations: Oceanic Opacity, Transparency Technology, and Strategic Nuclear Stability,” invited to revise and re-submit, European Journal of International Security "Internationalism and the Global Commons," working conference paper __ Workshops and Panels Organized: "Governance in a Changing Ocean," panel for International Studies Association conference, February 2017 
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Environmentalism
My interest in the political content of environmentalist thought was piqued as an undergraduate, and revived in recent projects.
_____ Papers: “Green Earth: The Emergence of Planetary Civilization,” in New Earth Politics, eds. Simon Nicholson and Sikina Jinnah, 2016 (with Daniel Deudney) “The Environmental Crises: Why We Need Anthropocentrism,” in Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 2009 ___ Book Reviews: Review of Consensus and Global Environmental Governance by Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett, in Global Environmental Politics, forthcoming ___ Independent Teaching: "History of American Environmentalism," intersession course, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Johns Hopkins University "Politics of the Ocean," Fall 2016, Johns Hopkins University 
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Planetary Geopolitics
I focus on the interactions between technology, ecology, and geography at a planetary scale, and implications for international politics.
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“New Earths: Assessing Planetary Geographic Concepts,” in Assembling the Planet: The Politics of Globality After 1945, eds. Rens van Munster and Casper Sylvest, 2016 (with Daniel Deudney) "Seamounts as Sites for Governance in the ‘Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction’," SAIS Review of International Affairs vol. 36, no. 1, Winter-Spring 2016 "Technological Determinism and Artificial Intelligence," working paper ___ Workshops and Panels Organized: The New Earth: The Politics of Planetary Places and Spaces, graduate workshop at Johns Hopkins University, co-organizer, April “Globalization, Technology, and International Stability,” panel for International Studies Association conference, February 2016 
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