I consider myself a part of the growing activist anthropological tradition.

I work in New Orleans, Louisiana, and rural Haiti. I am or have participated in movements against police brutality, against prisons, for full housing, for workers' rights and for liberating public space(s). Meanwhile,  I have engaged in media projects in New Orleans, including independent print journalism, radio, and editing a book of oral histories.

In Haiti, I have engaged rural 'development' projects and member-based organizations around questions of public health, agricultural and economic self-sufficiency, international aid and the production of local knowledge(s).

My research interests come out of collaborative, solidarity processes that center the experiences of people most impacted by systems of oppression. This centering agitates for the meeting of fundamental human needs as a precondition for an equitable participatory community. I aim to understand the processes preventing a more equitable community and the models and strategies of organizations striving to implement one.

In 2021, I joined the grassroots member-based New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice as their inaugural Senior Researcher.

Location

New Orleans, LA

Disciplines

• African American Studies
• American Studies
• Digital Humanities
• History
• Humanities
• Anthropology
• Cultural Studies and Ethnic Studies
• Geography
• Sociology
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Journalism, Media, and Communication
• Public Affairs

Affiliation

Tulane University; New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice