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" (defended June 2017) ___ Published papers: “The Discursive Construction of the New Arctic,” in The Social Ecology of the Anthropocene: Continuity and Change in Global Environmental Politics, 2016 "Oceans of Plastic: A Research Agenda to Propel Policy Development," in Marine Policy (2018) “The Ocean Governance Regime: International Conventions and Institutions,” in Climate Change and Ocean Governance, ed. Paul Harris (forthcoming) Papers Under Review: “Interpreting the Law of the Sea ‘Regime of Islands’: An Opportunity for Productive US Leadership,” 'revise and resubmit' at Marine Policy “Climate change increases risk of fisheries conflict,” (with co-authors), under review "The Once and Future Treaty: Towards a new regime for biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction," (with co-authors), under review Working papers: "The False Promise of the Global Commons: the State System Beyond National Jurisdiction," draft (with co-authors) "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.
_____ Published papers: “Green Earth: The Emergence of Planetary Civilization,” in New Earth Politics, 2016 (with Daniel Deudney) “The Environmental Crises: Why We Need Anthropocentrism,” in Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 2009 Review of Consensus and Global Environmental Governance by Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett, in Global Environmental Politics, 17-4 
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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, 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 "Treating Outer Space Like a Place: A Case for Rejecting Other Domain Analogies," Astropolitics (2018) “Fluid Foundations: Oceanic Opacity, Transparency Technology, and Strategic Nuclear Stability,” in Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (forthcoming) "Ocean Transparency and Strategic Nuclear Stability: An Emerging Challenge for Arms Control," under review Working papers: “Static Baselines and Dynamic Coasts: UNCLOS and the Problem of Sea-Level Rise,” draft "Geography-based Arms Control: History, Effects, and Utility for Nuclear Strategy," draft for ISA 2019 ___ 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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