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Education

2011          Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida
2008         M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida
2002         B.A. Anthropology, University of Arizona

Research Interests

Environmental anthropology, the Anthropocene, agrobiodiversity, human-plant relations, anthropogenic soils, historical ecology, political ecology, discard studies, sanitation, climate change, social network analysis, Amazonia, US

Academic Appointments

2023-        Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
2016-23    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
2013-15     Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Ball State University
2012-13     Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Ball State University
2011-12      Visiting College Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Akron
2009           Visiting Instructor, La Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP)

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

2023          Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award, OSU College of Arts and Science
2022          NSF Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Grant, co-PI
2019          Wenner-Gren Post-PhD Research Grant, PI
2018          InFACT Linkage and Leverage Grant, Ohio State Univ., PI
2017          Sustainable and Resilient Economy Seed Grant, Ohio State Univ., co-PI
2016          Programa de apoio a jovens doutores professors (MCTIC), Project member
2016          InFACT Linkage and Leverage Grant, Ohio State Univ., Project member
2015          Ball Brothers Foundation Rapid Grant, PI
2014          ASPiRE Junior Faculty Research Award, Ball State Univ., PI
2009         Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, co-PI
2009         Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Field Research Grant
2008         Graduate Student Council Travel Award, Univ. of Florida
2007          Student Travel Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Florida
2007          Charles Wagley Research Fellowship, Univ. of Florida
2006          Grinter Fellowship, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Florida
2006          University of Florida Graduate Grant
2002          SAHRA Water Harvesting Grant, Univ. of Arizona

Professional Service

2016-18     President of the Culture and Agriculture Section of the AAA
2015-16     President-Elect of the Culture and Agriculture Section of the AAA
2012-15     Secretary-Treasurer of the Culture and Agriculture Section of the AAA
2009-11     Student Rep./Webmaster of the Culture and Agriculture Section of the AAA
2008          Treasurer of the University of Florida Ethnoecology Club
2007          Secretary of the Florida Anthropological Student Association
2007          Secretary of the University of Florida Ethnoecology Club

Memberships

American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)
Society of Ethnobiology

Languages

English, Portuguese, Spanish