Research
I examine 20th and 21st century state practices of governance and repression that have emerged through counterintelligence. This includes technological forms of surveillance such as predictive policing but also encompasses heightened police aggression, mercenary actions, state terrorism and torture, and other forms of state violence that move beyond the traditional policing of citizens to become military engagement against state enemies.
My book project examines the political development of American policies and institutions that shaped the country’s domestic security infrastructure, both before and after the Cold War. It focuses on entities like the FBI, NSA, and law enforcement agencies, and explores the crucial role race played in shaping practices of (counter)intelligence, policing, and political repression.
I am also developing a second project that explores the impact of domestic ecologies of warfare. In this work, I argue that analyzing the intersections of race, economics, domestic warfare, and ecosystem change is essential for understanding and mapping the destructive effects of warfare technologies on specific ecosystems. By engaging with law, policy, and Black political and feminist thought, I further contend that the incorporation of ecological science into military planning is not aimed at rehabilitating ecosystems but rather at advancing sophisticated warfare technologies designed to manipulate and even exterminate humans—particularly racialized communities—and their environments.
