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Environmental Anthropologist

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Interview on Sea Change Radio

You can hear me talk about my new book After the Flush with Alex Wise from Sea Change radio here.

sanitation, humanure
Screenshot of the webpage of American Anthropologist where the article Welcome to the Anthropozine is now published

Welcome to the Anthropozine! Now available in shiny new article format (for better or worse)

Welcome to the Anthropozine! has evolved from a conference pop-up to a zine and now to a published essay. Let’s hope the fun doesn’t die here.

American Anthropologist, DIY publication, peer review, the Anthropozine, zines

Changing the Landscape of Academic Publishing

A group of archaeologists and anthropologists have come together in a new publication to open up conversation about the state of academic publishing and how it can (and should) change.

academic publishing, anthropology, archaeology
A black & white photograph of a pyramid-shaped tomb built in New Orleans by the actor Nicolas Cage

The Hauntological Turn at #AAA2025

Phantasmic figures haunted this year’s AAA in New Orleans.

#AAA, anthropology, ghosts
A meme of a man mowing his lawn while a tornado sit on the horizon off in the distance. Over the meme, the words "Welcome to the Anthropozine" appear in bright pink with a bright green highlighted background. The words "your text here" looms above.

Welcome to the Anthropozine(!): A DIY Installation for the 2025 SCA “Unconference”

More zines, zines, zines (!)

Cultural Anthropology, SCA2025, unconference, zines

Wicked Zines

Here’s a new batch of zines from students in OSU’s Wicked Science program

sci comm, wicked problems, wicked science, zines

Bacteria Farming Zine (DOPE2024)

The DOPE conference is back in person this year and I put together a new zine for it!

biosolids, DOPE2024, sanitation, wastewater, zines

Print Politics Zine

How do zines offer different possibilities of connection and expression for anthropologists?

#AAA, print politics, publication, zines

Scientists are a step closer to defining when the human age began

This week I chatted with Rebecca Hersher from NPR about the latest news from the Anthropocene Working Group.

anthropocene, Anthropocene Working Group, golden spike, Morning Edition, NPR

Meta-reflection as a teaching tool

A pedagogical sourdough starter for classroom discussion

anthropology, meta-reflection, pedagogy, teaching, wicked problems, wicked science

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