About

I direct the writing program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. My research interests focus on climate change narratives and technology, with a focus on carbon removal, and my courses include "Climate Fiction and the City," an advanced seminar that invites engineering students to engage with the climate crisis empathetically through storytelling. A journalist, I have written on climate change policy, technology, and narratives for Wired, The Columbia Journalism Review, Grist, Canary Media and The New Republic, and my writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, Vice, and the journal Science, among other publications. Prior to joining NYU, I taught writing at Columbia University, where I helped found Neuwrite, Columbia’s association of writers and scientists. I am a recipient of a Fulbright Grant, which took me to Mumbai for a multi-year project researching commercial surrogacy, and I have won residencies at the Ucross Foundation and Jentel Artist Residency Program. I hold an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University School of the Arts and a BA in History from Brown University.