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Injustice in Indian Country
Jurisdiction, American Law, and Sexual Violence Against Native Women
Learn moreSociologist of Race, Gender, and Law
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Stanford University
I am a legal and historical sociologist who studies the relationship between law, political power, and inequality at the intersections of race, gender, and settler colonialism. My work traces how legal mobilization can both challenge and reproduce systems of inequality, with a focus on gendered violence, political discourse, right-wing movements, and federal Indian law.
I am a research affiliate with the American Voices Project, a national qualitative study led by researchers at Stanford and Princeton Universities, and a Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Fellow. I am currently on the 2026–27 academic job market.
Featured Publications
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Taking the Children to Take the Land
Indian Child Welfare and the Enduring Epidemic of Family Separation
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Journal Article
Discourses of Distrust
How Lack of Trust in the U.S. Healthcare System Shaped COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
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The U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Indian Law
Supreme Court justices often break with their usual ideological allies in cases involving federal Indian law. This research considers what drives those departures.
Learn moreSpeculative Victimhood
Using comparative case study methodology, this research analyzes how political elites mobilize claims of potential harm to dominant groups in order to oppose reforms designed to benefit marginalized communities.
Learn moreOpposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
This project draws on archival research to examine how anti-ERA activists co-opted the language of feminism and equality to oppose ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Women Are Sacred
Documentary
Invited Talks
Speaking Engagements
VICE
Featured Interviews
Higher Ed Advocacy
State Legislative Work
Ethnic Studies
Student–Faculty Organizing
Teaching & Mentoring
Supporting Student Learning and Growth
I teach and mentor students on questions of law and society, race and inequality, Indigenous politics, social theory, and research methods. I strive to create rigorous, inclusive learning environments where students can build intellectual confidence, strengthen their analytical skills, and connect academic knowledge to the questions, communities, and goals that matter to them.