Previous Graduate Education: M.A. in Anthropology and
Education, Teachers College, Columbia
University; Honors B.A. in
Anthropology, The University
of British Columbia.
Research Interests: Contemporary First Nations and
American Indian polities. The
reproduction of indigineity in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural
spaces. Critical indigenous studies,
semiotic anthropology, and
ethnomethodology.
Primary Geographical Interests: Canada
and The United States.
Selected Publications, Presentations, Works-in-Progress:The Shifting Nature of
Interactions in the Field: A Case Study from Northeastern Guatemala http://digital.lampdev.columbia.edu/anthrorsch/index.php/JAR.
Honors and Distinctions:Columbia University, Institute of Latin American
Studies,
Pre-dissertation Travel Grant,
2008.
The University of British
Columbia,
First
Nations Student Leadership Award, 2006.