Projects

My dissertation investigates associations between geographic distribution (density and proximity) of licensed tobacco retailers (LTRs) and adolescent smoking in Seoul, South Korea.

This research project will contribute to a better understanding of political identity and belonging among indigenous peoples of Amazonia.

China has one of the largest media markets in the world. But most media providers in China - including all television stations and cable companies - are state-owned.

My dissertation studies global novels in relation to digital media, arguing that the former use the innovative techniques of the latter to imagine alternatives to liberal society and neo-liberalizing world markets.

I'm currently conducting ethnographic research in Kathmandu for my dissertation in Anthropology.

My PhD research investigates the construction of trust as a way of understanding how people in southwest Uganda navigate the quest for healing.

My dissertation investigates the dynamics of armed group rivalries in multiparty civil wars.

My dissertation explores the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinean poet, essayist, and short story writer, from the vantage point of analytical bibliography.

Exploring the tragic dispersal of imperial art collections during the early Soviet period.

A UVA research committee will work Summer and Fall 2015 to initiate the organization and planning of a new UVA family of research teams on religion, conflict, and foreign affairs.