Associate Professor


Office: 541-737-3506

Waldo Hall

Waldo Hall 220

2250 SW Jefferson Way

2250 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Education: 

PhD, Anthropology, New York University (2011)

MA, Anthropology, New York University (2006)

MA, Latin American Studies, Stanford University (2002)

Profile Field Tabs

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Sch Lang, Culture & Soc
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Courses Taught: 

The Anthropology of Food 586, Winter 2018

Research/Career Interests: 

I am an anthropologist with interest in health, food justice, and social inequality. I am currently researching a maternal/child nutrition policy called "La Ventana de Los Mil Dias" (the first 1000 days of life), which entails collaboration with health and development experts in Guatemala. My previous project traced the emergence of obesity in the Guatemalan highlands. I have longterm interest in translational medicine, the racialized and gendered figurations of "the body" in health sciences, and the methods of feminist anthropology.  

I hold a PhD from New York University; a Masters in Latin American Studies from Stanford University; and undergraduate degrees in Human Biology and Anthropological Sciences from Stanford University. I was raised at the edge of wilderness on a remote island in Alaska (part of one of the last state-supported homesteads in the US; an experience that has shaped my lifelong interest in urbanization, development, and the violence of settler colonialism). Before joining the faculty at OSU, I spent seven years at the University of Amsterdam. My first book, "The Weight of Obesity," was published by California Press. 

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