Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, Bachelors, Anthropology
- Deans list 2011 and 2012
-Honors Thesis, “…Nothing That Has Ever Happened Should Be Regarded As Lost for History”: Detroit, Walter Benjamin, and the Legacy of Architecture
- Anthropological training focused on urban theory, critical theory, and ethnographic techniques
- Mellon Research Fellowship recipient 2010
-Davenport Study Grant recipient 2012
The International Honors Program, Brattleboro, VT, US and traveling, Cities of the 21st Century
-Comparative urban study in Detroit, São Paulo, Curitiba, Cape Town, and Hanoi
-Conducted ongoing field research on the role of alleyways in the urban environment
-Program culminated with a thesis concerning the effect of architecture on cultural and historical understanding of the city of Detroit