About Me:
I am currently a PhD student in cultural anthropology at Brandeis University undertaking fieldwork in the Andes. My work circulates around food, food security, agricultural science, and economic anthropology. Oh and quinoa. Geographically, I work in Peru.
Like the anthropological quest to tell a fuller, more complete story, I was drawn to public digital broadcasting as a way to create and bridge conversations between academic and public realms. I get energy from meeting new people and am something of a social butterfly (or perhaps a moth because I’m drawn to bright lights at night). I’m also a musician and play in various soul, funk, and country bands around Boston. The ordered chaos and harmony of instruments, sounds, and musicians co-creating a cohesive and emotionally moving experience is for me an the spice of life. In a similar way, to me, anthropology isn’t a dispassionate science but a way to expand our understanding of one another, to share human stories that get to the center of, as Paul Stoller says, what matters most in social life, and to keep alive a sense of what it means to live in the world one struggles to understand.
Area(s) of Training
anthropology, cultural anthropology
Area(s) of Expertise
Food, Science, Markets, Development, Conservation
Current Area of Employment
Brandeis University, PhD Candidate
