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EDUCATION

University of Vienna, Master of the Arts, 2008 - 2013

Cultural and Social Anthropology, with honors

Focus: ethnographic writing, medical anthropology, qualitative research, anthropology of technology

San Francisco Bay Guardian, Journalism Internship

02.2002 - 07.2002 (Weekly publications, including reporting and creative nonfiction pieces)

Bryn Mawr College, Bachelor of the Arts, 1996 - 2000

Anthropology, “magna cum laude”, with honors

Focus: ethnographic writing, qualitative/ethnographic research, paleolithic archaeology

Madurai Kamaraj University, Creative Writing Studies

08.1998 - 06.1999 (Study Abroad Year in Madurai, India)

MAJOR PROJECTS

Infinite Love (80,000 word novel, in progress)

Cupid, We Have A Problem (60,000 word novel, in progress)

Second Marriage (40,000 word novella)

Florian Is Totally Fine With This and Other Stories (Short fiction series, publications pending)

Parental Refusal of Childhood Vaccinations in Vienna, Austria (Master’s Thesis)

Miscommunication (60,000 word ethnographic/creative nonfiction piece)

Resource Management and Conceptions of Nature in Suburban Pennsylvania (Bachelor’s Thesis)