I am a political sociologist, currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University. My research examines how power, organized economic interests, and political contestation shape responses to major social and environmental problems. I investigate these dynamics primarily through the case of climate change politics, studying how state and non-state actors influence public understandings, political conflict, and possibilities for reform. My research has been published in Social Problems, Science and Public Policy, Climatic Change, and Climate Policy, among others.