I am a political theorist focusing on feminist critiques of the family sphere and social reproductive labor in capitalist society.

My dissertation “The Commune Doctrine: Socialist Feminist Critique Against the Family” studies how feminist and socialist theory reconsiders the ideological distinction between family and state through the idea of commune. By analyzing socialist programs of Fourier, Proudhon, Marx, Engels, Krupskaya, and Kollontai, I trace how the positive concept of commune evolved across three political movements: the French Revolution, the Paris Commune, and the October Revolution. The work shows that the socialist feminist commune theory suggests a political vision for the democratic communalization of private households at the societal level. Read more.

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Politics at the New School for Social Research.