The Hauntological Turn at #AAA2025

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

Bacteria Farming Zine (DOPE2024)

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

Ecologies of (Human) Waste

Check out my presentation for the 2020 Society for Cultural Anthropology virtual conference (#Distribute2020).

New Zine on the History of Sanitation

Our zine “Infrastructural Digest” is finally done. Download a free digital copy.

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Learn about how sanitation waste and plastic discards are transformed into agricultural and architectural resources on OSU’s main campus.

Maya Milpa Workshop at OSU’s Waterman Farm

Last Friday and Saturday, we hosted a workshop that invited students, faculty, and staff from Ohio State (as well as … More

The Other Side of Our Food System

I just published a short blog post for Ohio State’s Initiative for Food and Agricultural Transformation (InFACT), which discusses my new research … More

Soil Health Underwear Test

“Men’s cotton briefs can serve the needs of science when buried in a field for a few weeks. It’s a … More

The Hub Community Garden in Muncie

Here’s a short video produced by one of my students in which I discuss the vision behind the Hub Community … More

Indiana Dairy Uses Cow Manure to Power its Delivery Trucks

Fair Oaks Farms has used livestock waste for years to power its operations.With its $12 million digester, it’s now using … More