Biography

Mosaic Senior Fellow

Max Kade Fellow

Academic interests

ethnicity, race, class, nationalism, transnationalism, Brazil, German diaspora, tourism, festivals, dance, performance, gardens, water management

Teaching

• ANTH A-104 Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH E-457/A560 Ethnic Identity
• INTL-I100 Introduction to International Studies

Publications

Making “Sense” of Identity: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Sensory Experience of German Traditions in Brazil. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Producing the Middle Class: Domestic Tourism, Ethnic Roots, and Class Routes in Brazil. Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology