Welcome! I am a cultural theorist and American studies scholar based in Bamberg, Germany.

My work connects race, migration, and climate justice to rethink what solidarity and security mean in the 21st century.

You can find my latest publications, projects, and public engagements on this site.

Recent work

Books

Phantombilder: Die Polizei und der verdächtige Fremde (Edition Nautilus, 2023)

Essays and Articles

"The Mortality Cost of Carbon Extraction: Oil, Indigenous Lives, and Human Rights in the Americas"
in: Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment: Inter-American Perspectives, eds. Roberta Maierhofer et al. (Lexington Books, 2025)

"Demographic Dystopias: Criminalizing Immigration in U.S. Election Campaigns"
in: Diversity Issues and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections – Transnational Perspectives, eds. Greta Olson & Melanie Kreitler (transcript, 2024)

"Black Futures Matter: Racial Foresight from the Slave Ship to Predictive Policing"
in: Law, Surveillance, and the Humanities, ed. Anne Brunon-Ernst et al. (Edinburgh University Press, 2023), pp. 193–215

"Poetic Ultrasound: Atmosphere, Photography, and the Natural Aesthetics of Wind Power"
in: The Aesthetic Life of Infrastructure, eds. Kelly Mee Rich et al. (Northwestern University Press, 2022), pp. 147–166
🏆 Winner of the MLA Prize for an Edited Collection

Public Engagement

• Panelist, YouMeCon kompakt (Jugendpresse), 2025: Hot Take Klimajournalismus, 11.04.2025, Berlin

• ARD-Twitch, MixTalk: Trump vs. Harris, 30.10.2024