He received his PhD from New York University in 2012, and has been at Brandeis since 2014. His research and writing focuses on the intellectual and political history of slavery, freedom, and resistance in Brazil and the Caribbean. At Brandeis, he teaches a broad range of courses, including: “Resistance and Revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean”; “Atlantic History in Red and Black”; “Colonialism, Slavery, and Freedom;” and “Writing on Walls: Histories of Graffiti in the Americas.” His most recent article, entitled “Secret & Spectral: Torture and Secrecy in the Archives of Slave Conspiracies,” appeared in the January 2016 volume of the journal Social Text. He is also a frequent writer, contributor, and member of the organizing committee for the African American Intellectual History Society (aaihs.org).