About me

I am an anthropologist working at the intersections of political-economic anthropology, feminist theory, and linguistic anthropology. I received my PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.

My research examines governance, generational change, and environmental and political-economic life across the American Southwest. My first project, based in Arizona, explored retirement communities and changing ideas of family, work, and the “good life.” My current research in Southern California examines the political, technological, and environmental consequences of Colorado River water losses and emerging water technologies in an arid climate.

Beyond academia, I have worked as a contract ethnographer for a nonprofit and in publicity and marketing. I grew up in Los Angeles, where my curiosity about how people make and remake their worlds took shape.