Temple University: PhD student, Visual Anthropology
2005
Brown University: MA Anthropology
concentrations: gender, embodiment, discourse, media, East Africa, Latin America.
committee: Marida Hollos, William Beeman, Catherine Lutz
2002
Oberlin College: BA Anthropology
minor: Jewish Studies
2006
Teacher, English Grammar, English Skills, Aspect Language Program at Dean College. Franklin, Massachusetts.
2006
Adjunct Instructor, English Writing, English Language Institute, Roger Williams University.
2005
Adjunct Instructor, Critical Writing for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Writing Studies Program, Roger Williams University.
2005
Visiting Lecturer, The Anthropology of Women and Indigenous Peoples of the World, Department of Anthropology, Bridgewater State College.
2005
Ethnographer, SmartRevenue. Ridgefield, Connecticut.
2005
Assistant Photographer/Videographer, Ostow Photography. Boston, Massachusetts.
2005
Librarian, Giddings Anthropology Library, Brown University.
2005
Field Researcher, pre-dissertation study, Jewish Women and Cosmetic Surgery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004
Teaching Assistant, Culture and Human Behavior, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.
2004
Field Researcher, Master’s study, Gender, Discourse, and Pedagogy in Nabagoye, Uganda. Mbale, Uganda.
2004
Field Collector, Abayudayan textiles, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University. Collecting done in Mbale, Uganda.
2004
Curatorial Intern, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.
2003
McGregor Research Assistant, Dr. Ana Cara, Department of Latin American Studies, Oberlin College.
2003
McGregor Research Assistant, Dr. Valentina Pagliai, Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College.
2001
Delegate, Santa Elena Project of Accompaniment delegation to Guatemala. Santa Elena de Vingte Octobre, Guatemala.
2005
What’s Wrong with that Girl?
: Emerging Femininities in Nabagoye, Uganda. at National Women’s Studies Association Conference. Orlando. (unable to attend).
2005
Debating the Educated Body: Gender Discourse, and Pedagogy in an Abayudayan Village. at Thinking Gender Conference. University of California, Los Angeles.
2005
The Abayudaya Jews of Uganda. Audio-video slide show and panel discussion. at Hillel, Brown University.
2002
Performing Hierarchies: Language and Gender in Italian Verbal Art. at Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture. University of California, Los Angeles. co-presented with Dr. Valentina Pagliai.
2006
Singing Gender: Contested Discourses of Womanhood in Tuscan-Italian Verbal Art. with Valentina Pagliai. in Pragmatics.
2004
Bayudaya Children with Window. in Week in Photos, BBCNews.com (photograph).
2003
Performing Hierarchies: Language and Gender in Italian Verbal Art. with Valentina Pagliai. in Crossroads of Language, Interaction, and Culture Vol 5.
2002
Summaries of fifteen articles and obituaries from American Anthropologist. in publicanthropology.com.
2006
University Fellowship, Temple University.
2005
Conference Travel Award, National Women’s Studies Association.
2004
Tinker Travel Grant, Tinker Foundation for Latin American Research.
2004
Tuition Award, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.
2004
Joukowsky Research Fellowship, Graduate School, Brown University.
2004
Fieldwork Grant, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.
2004
Field Collecting Grant, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.
2003
Tuition Award, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.
2003
Comfort Starr Award, Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College.
2001
Travel Award, Hillel, Oberlin College.
varying degrees of fluency in French, Spanish, Hebrew (classical, modern), Yiddish, Kiganda
Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, FinalCut Pro, SPSS, HTML, DSS audio transcription, Quickbooks, N’Vivo data analysis, Argus, internet research