Area of Interest:

Neoliberalism, political subjectivity, state formation, social movements, memory, Latin America

Research & Activities:

Entered the program in 1998.

Education: BA Interdisciplinary Social Science, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 1996.

Research Interests: neoliberalism, state formation, social movements,
political subjectivity, law, citizenship.

Dissertation Research: My dissertation examines the culture of neoliberal
state formation in post-revolutionary Nicaragua.

Publications and Major Presentations:

2003  "Corruption, Transnational Morality and Competing Discourses of the Nicaraguan State." Presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings. Chicago, IL.

2000  "The Rejection of the Political and the Emergence of Neosocialisms: Nicaraguan Popular Political Culture in the Era of Neoliberalism." Presented at the conference "Still Red? Socialism in Practice," UNC-Chapel Hill.

2000  "Between Sandinismo and Neoliberalism: Memory, Daily Life and the Formation of Nicaraguan Political Culture." UNC Dept of Anth. Fourth-semester paper.