Assistant Professor,
Virginia Military Institute, Rhodes University
sub-Saharan Africa, Mulitinationals, Labor History, industrial-labor relations, Race, African-American History, political economy and social responsibility., 20th c. US., US foreign policy, Diplomacy
Women in Business History
I am an Assistant Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute and a Nonresident Fellow with the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group. I joined the VMI faculty in 2025 after completing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs. I earned my Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2023. Additionally, I am an Affiliate Scholar at Rhodes University's Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU) in South Africa. My research sits at the nexus of transnational labor movements, Black internationalism, and U.S. foreign policy. My book manuscript, "Shopfloor Statecraft: South African Workers and US Multinational Companies during Apartheid," is under contract with Columbia University Press. I was a finalist for BHC's 2025 Krooss Dissertation Prize.
