Academic Background

PhD in Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 2008

Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Yale University, 2008-2009

Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, 2009-2010

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Lecturer, School of Politics and Sociology, University College Dublin, 2010-2012

Faculty Member, Wesleyan University, 2012–present

 

Service and Leadership Positions Held at Wesleyan Since 2012 

Co-Chair, College of Social Studies

Co-Chair, Wesleyan Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Chair, Educational Policy Committee

Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees

Faculty Advisor, Graduate Liberal Studies Program

Member, Tenure Review and Appeals Board

Member, Budget Priorities Committee

Advisory Board Member, Fries Center for Global Studies

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Service and Leadership Positions Outside Wesleyan

Executive Council Member, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), since 2026

Alice Amsden Best Book Award Committee Chair, 2026-2027

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Fellowships and Visiting Appointments held since 2012

Fellow, Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law

Faculty Fellow, College of the Environment Think Tank, Wesleyan University

Scholar in Residence, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne

Visiting Scholar, School of Business and Economics, Freie Universität Berlin

Visiting Researcher, Sciences Po, Paris

Faculty Fellow, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University

Faculty Fellow, Center for the Humanities, Wesleyan University