I am a PhD Candidate in the joint History and Middle Eastern Studies program at Harvard University. My research interests include state-formation, environmental history, the history of economic and political thought, and labor history. My dissertation examines the development of mining and related industries in the Ottoman Empire during the long eighteenth century (~1680s–1830s). I explore the role of state institutions and capital in organizing production and fostering an empire-wide mining sector. Concentrating on the major mining centers of Gümüşhane, Keban, and Ergani, my work traces the interactions between diverse groups, including Greek miners, Armenian artisans and sarrafs, and Ottoman bureaucrats, across Central Anatolia and Rumelia.

My research has been generously supported by the American Research Institute in Turkey, Fulbright-Hays, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

I received my MA in 2019 from the New School for Social Research, where my thesis on a post-Tanzimat uprising in Dersim won the Outstanding MA Student Award in Historical Studies. Prior to my PhD studies, I taught history at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, NY. I earned my BA with High Honors from Wesleyan University, where I focused on history, political and social theory, and economics.