I am an economic and social historian of twentieth century West Africa. My research focuses on reconstructing historical living standards in the Sahel and on analyzing contestations over inequality in Burkina Faso. I have worked on Burkinabè feminist activism for economic redistribution from the 1950s to the 1980s. I obtained my Ph.D. in African Economic History at Columbia University.

I am Lecturer-in-Discipline at Columbia University.

My research has been supported by the SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF), Columbia GSAS Dissertation Travel Fellowship, Alliance Program, History in Action Program, the African Humanities Initiative.

Prior to the Ph.D., I completed a Master’s in International Economics at Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) and a Master’s in International Political Economy and Development at Fordham University. I was a Peace Corps Fellow at University Neighborhood Housing Program and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bénin.