My research focuses on the material conditions that enable and constrain the production and transmission of knowledge, intersecting with histories of science and technology, political economy, and histories of education.

My dissertation project explores the relationship between computing infrastructure and transformations in US universities in the 20th century, focused on the American Midwest. I investigate the way that questions about the future of work, the role of higher education in economic development, and the future of computing were intertwined in 20th century US history, from early statistics laboratories and calculating centers to modern computer science. My work is advised by Harun Küçük, and my dissertation committee includes Stephanie Dick and Susan Lindee.

My previous work explored the so-called "complexity sciences" and their connection to the life sciences and computing sciences in the early history of US digital computing and artificial intelligence.