Welcome! I’m an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. My research explores the mechanisms that create and sustain racial inequality in contemporary American society.

Most of my current research focuses on the intertwined nature of race and space to investigate the spatial production of racial inequality in suburbs. This work includes projects on municipal incorporation, racial segregation and integration, Black suburbs, and a book examining racial inequality in highly diverse suburbs. I also am currently leading the St. Louis Zoning Atlas, which aims to collect, standardize, and map all zoning ordinances in the St. Louis metropolitan area to better understand how zoning relates to racial and class inequalities.

If I’m not researching, I’m probably working in my backyard garden or in the kitchen tweaking my cold brew recipe.