Curriculum vitae
Appointments
2019-present
Princeton University • Department of English & Program in American Studies • Assistant Professor
Fall 2021
University of Pennsylvania • Visual Studies Program • Visiting Scholar
2016-2019
Princeton University • Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts • Link-Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow
2014-2016
Duke University • Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies • Provost’s Postdoctoral Associate
Princeton University • Department of English & Program in American Studies • Assistant Professor
Fall 2021
University of Pennsylvania • Visual Studies Program • Visiting Scholar
2016-2019
Princeton University • Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts • Link-Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow
2014-2016
Duke University • Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies • Provost’s Postdoctoral Associate
Education
2014
University of California, Berkeley • English • Ph.D.
2006
Princeton University • History • M. A.
2003
Harvard University • History & Literature • A. B. • Magna cum laude
University of California, Berkeley • English • Ph.D.
2006
Princeton University • History • M. A.
2003
Harvard University • History & Literature • A. B. • Magna cum laude
Books
The Unintended: Photography, Property, and the Aesthetics of
Racial Capitalism
2023, New York University Press, America and the Long 19th Century series
*New York University Press Featured Author
Magical Habits
2021, Duke University Press, Writing Matters! series
*Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award Winner
2023, New York University Press, America and the Long 19th Century series
*New York University Press Featured Author
Magical Habits
2021, Duke University Press, Writing Matters! series
*Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award Winner
Teaching Fields
• histories of race & media • history of
photography • law and humanities • photography criticism and theory • visual
culture • American Studies • comparative studies of race & ethnicity • historiography and theories of the archive
Selected Invited Talks
May 2023
Keynote: “Pivots & Getting Lost,” Latinx Graduation, Princeton University.
May 2023
“The Aesthetics of Racial Capitalism,” Dartmouth Society of Fellows Visiting Scholar public campus talk.
May 2023
“Something Irreducible,” 19th Century Media Studies Workshop, Dartmouth College, convened by Colleen Boggs, Katie Hornstein, and Petra MacGillen.
April 2023
Keynote: “In the Middle of a Habit,” (IN)Habit: Annual English Graduate Conference, University of Toronto.
Keynote: “Pivots & Getting Lost,” Latinx Graduation, Princeton University.
May 2023
“The Aesthetics of Racial Capitalism,” Dartmouth Society of Fellows Visiting Scholar public campus talk.
May 2023
“Something Irreducible,” 19th Century Media Studies Workshop, Dartmouth College, convened by Colleen Boggs, Katie Hornstein, and Petra MacGillen.
April 2023
Keynote: “In the Middle of a Habit,” (IN)Habit: Annual English Graduate Conference, University of Toronto.
Selected Conference Presentations
January 2023
Respondent to “Looking Like Property” panel, sponsored by the Media Studies Visual Cultures Forum. Modern Language Association Annual Conference, San Francisco.
November 2022
“For the Love of Limits: Faces and Works.” The Face as Technology panel. American Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans.
November 2019
Respondent for Roundtable, “The Airing of Grievances: Grievance Studies and its Discontents.” American Studies Association Annual Conference, Hawaii.
Respondent to “Looking Like Property” panel, sponsored by the Media Studies Visual Cultures Forum. Modern Language Association Annual Conference, San Francisco.
November 2022
“For the Love of Limits: Faces and Works.” The Face as Technology panel. American Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans.
November 2019
Respondent for Roundtable, “The Airing of Grievances: Grievance Studies and its Discontents.” American Studies Association Annual Conference, Hawaii.
National Field Presence
2022-present
Councilor, National Council, American Studies Association
2021-present
Co-editor with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Erica Rand, Jerry Zee, Writing Matters! series, Duke University Press
2021-present
Executive Committee, MS Visual Culture Forum, Modern Language Association
2021-present
Organizing Committee, Law & Literature Works-in-Progress Workshop, University of Toronto Law School
Councilor, National Council, American Studies Association
2021-present
Co-editor with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Erica Rand, Jerry Zee, Writing Matters! series, Duke University Press
2021-present
Executive Committee, MS Visual Culture Forum, Modern Language Association
2021-present
Organizing Committee, Law & Literature Works-in-Progress Workshop, University of Toronto Law School