Currently I am Adjunct Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Managing Editor + Program Director at Cultural Anthropology, the journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology.
My dissertation research focused on environmental health problems – asthma and air pollution in particular – and the ways in which different communities care for these problems. Read my dissertation abstract here.
I collaborate with Kim Fortun and Mike Fortun and many others on The Asthma Files (under construction), an electronic archive of text, still images, video and audio files that illustrate multiple perspectives on asthma – from the vantage point of affected people in different locales and communities, heath care providers, and scientists from many different disciplines. Situated within the emerging field of digital humanities, our research group uses collaborative ethnography to experiment with different modes of knowledge production.
Before coming to the field of Science and Technology Studies, I earned a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies from the University of Albany, SUNY (2006). During that time, my research focused on digital media, feminist pedagogy, and ethics of care, which included work on the politics of aging and elderly care.
I’ve spent the last six years working in the world of publishing and literature, first as a graduate assistant for the New York State Writer’s Institute and more recently as managing editor of Cultural Anthropology.
I’m also a 200-hour certified hatha yoga instructor.
