I am a cultural sociologist of religion at Yale University. My research explores the ways in which people find joy and belonging in life, including how they overcome structural and symbolic obstacles to do so. I am interested in theorizing the interpretive agency of audiences in social performance, as well as the blurring lines between religion and the secular, to capture the lived realities of people whose political, religious, or cultural lives do not fit within existing sociological constructs. Currently, I am a PhD candidate in Sociology at Yale University, where I am a Junior Fellow at the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology. My dissertation theorizes the concepts of charisma, enchantment, and the sacred through the lens of “performing religion” and case studies of sport, travel, and media. I’ve published peer-reviewed articles in Cultural Sociology, the American Journal of Cultural Sociology, Sociologica, and Material Religion. Prior to Yale, I earned a B.A. in History from Gordon College in Massachusetts and a second B.A. (summa cum laude with highest honors) in Sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since 2021, I’ve been a research fellow at the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture in the Department of Media Studies at CU-Boulder. I’ve also worked for Apple, Twitter, and Bernie 2016.