Associate Professor of Anthropology

Expertise: Ethnicity and identity performance; gender and sexuality; language revitalization; migration; social movements; Central and South America

Fulbright U.S. Scholars Award (2022)

Wenner-Gren Foundation – Engaged Research Grant (2022)

Book: Good Maya Women: Migration, Clothing, and Language Revitalization in Highland Guatemala (University of Alabama Press, 2022)

Academic Publications: Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, International Journal of Women’s Studies, Maya America, and more

News Publications: The Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News

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