Highlights

EDUCATION

Stanford University

  • PhD in English with American Literature and Culture focus (2008)
  • MA in English (2004)

Grinnell College

  • BA with High Honors, major: English (1997)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Princeton University

  • Professor, Effron Center for the Study of America (2021-present)
  • Professor, High Meadows Environmental Institute (2021-present)
  • Associated faculty, Department of English (2024-present)
  • Faculty director, Program in Environmental Studies (2024-present)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  • Professor, Department of English (2020)
  • Waldo W. Neikirk Term Chair for distinguished teaching and humanities innovation (2018-2020)
  • Chair, Food Studies Program, Undergraduate Education Initiatives (2018-2020)
  • Associate Professor, Department of English (2014-2020)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of English (2012-2014)
  • Faculty affiliate, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (2012-2020)
  • Faculty affiliate, Institute for Society and Genetics (2012-2020)

Stanford University

  • Associate Director, Science, Technology, and Society Program (2011-2012)

University of Oregon

  • Assistant Professor, Department of English (2008-2012)
  • Core faculty member, Environmental Studies Program (2008-2012)

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

  • Arnhold Postdoctoral Fellow in English (2008-2009)