Biography

Growing up just outside and serving in one of the American Bible Belt's principal refugee resettlement hubs, I saw firsthand how religious belief shapes and sometimes distorts political practice, both on immigration and in general. This led to research in political economy and later theology on the interplay of religion, politics, and humanitarian topics, with a current emphasis on migration. My doctoral work at the intersection of theology, social and political theory, and migration studies aims to address systemic determinants of irregular migration and hostile migrant reception (e.g. ethnic scapegoating) by developing an account of systemic agency, accountability, and reform using the Christian doctrine of sin and its peers: grace, justification, and sanctification. As a part of the Gates Cambridge community, I hope to deploy this framework as a guide for dialogue, persuasion, and coalition-building around immigration policy as well as a wider range of issues facing multicultural congregations and democracies in a simultaneously globalizing and retrenching world.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge Theology and Religion 2026
Harvard University Government 2024
Harvard University Molecular & Cellular Biology 2024