I’m a PhD student working with Sally Horn. I am generally interested in studying environmental change through the Quaternary, as indicated by proxy data preserved in soils and sediments. I often teach courses related to physical geography and climate, including GEOG 131: Weather, Climate, and Climate Change and GEOG 200: Environmental Issues in National Parks.

Current projects I am working on include using soil charcoal to understand fire and vegetation history in eastern U.S. national forests. However, I am interested in many aspects of paleoecology and am excited to explore new questions in different ecosystem types and portions of Earth’s history.