Walking through Ashio’s scarred mountains (Japan) and cutting grass along the Watarase River, fieldwork turns out to be less about gathering data and more about learning to sense how toxicity and care coexist.
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The case for weighing voles on your vacation
Visualize your dream vacation. Maybe you’re stretched out on a towel, listening to waves swell and crash on a sandy shore. Or taking the first bite of a still-warm, flaky croissant on a hotel balcony […]
Embracing an Atypical Approach to Invasion Science
A Methodological Misunderstanding “The analysis is currently very descriptive and is not sufficiently robust.” I received this disappointing feedback after defending my PhD thesis to a panel of examiners in July 2024. I had spent […]
The Containable Quagmire? Colonial Environmental Legacies and Continued Attempts to Control Swamps
In August 1938, nearly 12,000 majority-white New Deal laborers employed by the federal government began clearing land, relocating communities, and erecting a forty-two-mile system of dams and dikes under the direction of the South Carolina Public Service Authority.
As Clear As Mud: Understanding Small-Scale Fishing in Late Medieval England Through the Landscape
Going on a research stay entailed long days in the archives, poring over medieval accounts written in hard-to-decipher script until my eyes were dry and my fingertips dirty with centuries-old dust.
What Goes (Un)told: The (Hi)stories of the Brazil Nut in the Biodiversity Heritage Library
In this short piece, I share my work through the example of Bertholletia excelsa, commonly known as the Brazil nut.