Degrees
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B.A., International Politics, Oberlin College
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M.A., Anthropology, Cornell University
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Ph.D., Anthropology, Cornell University
Academic Experience
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Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2017-
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Consortium for Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow, Oberlin College, 2016
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Visiting Lecturer, Columbia University, 2015
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Graduate Teaching Intern. Cornell Prefreshmen Summer Program, 2013
Distinctions
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Tulane University Senate Committee on Research Fellowship, 2018
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H.H. Powers Travel Grant, Oberlin College, 2016
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Bernd Lambert Award, Cornell University, 2015
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Provost Diversity Fellowship, Cornell University, 2014
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Field Research Grant, Tinker Foundation Inc., 2011
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Research Grant, Institute for Social Sciences, 2011
Languages
Overseas Experience
Related Experience
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Contributing Editor, Transforming Anthropology, 2016
Selected Publications
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2018. “‘I wanna be the king of sounds’: Otaku and Transnational Migrants in Brooklyn Reggae Culture.” Popular Music and Society. July 17: 1 – 25 [Online publication date. Print Date May 2019, 42(3): 1 – 25].
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2018. “Arturo Schomburg Was Vital to the Harlem Renaissance, But His Latino Identity is Often Forgotten.” Remezcla. Guest Contributor. February 22.
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2018. “Uncovering Anti-Blackness in Casual Conversation: Young Hollywood’s Words to Amara La Negra.” Latino Rebels. Guest Contributor. January 9.
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2017. “Love Dem Bad: Embodied Experience, Self-Adoration, and Eroticism in Dancehall Reggae Dance.” Transforming Anthropology 2 (2): 185 – 200.
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2016. “‘Cien porciento tico tico’: Reggae, Race, Belonging, and the Afro-Caribbean Ticos of Costa Rica.” Black Music Research Journal 36(1): 1-27.
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2015. “Excluding the Afro from Iglesias’ Video en Español.” Latino Rebels. Guest Contributor. January 8.
Latin American-Related Courses Taught in Last 2 years:
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Core Faculty
Region
Africa, Caribbean, Central America