I am a sociologist and ethnographer specializing in reproduction, psychiatry, and science and technology studies. I am currently a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where I expect to receive my degree in 2026. My research examines how medical, psychiatric, and public health institutions shape reproductive life, with particular attention to pregnancy, mental health, and forms of surveillance and expertise. I draw on ethnographic methods and interdisciplinary scholarship in medical sociology, feminist STS.

My dissertation, The Toxic Pregnancy: An Ethnography of Reproductive Psychiatry, investigates how mental illness during pregnancy is diagnosed, managed, and contested across clinical and institutional settings. My work has appeared in Social Problems and BioSocieties, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the UCLA Center for Reproductive Health, Science and Education. I have taught courses in medical sociology, public health, and ethics in health research, and I am committed to public sociology through teaching and research in carceral and community-based settings.