Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, my educational background is in archaeology and anthropology. I was a University Teacher at Glasgow University from 2003-8, and a Lecturer in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at Leeds University in 2007-8 before taking up my current post at ECA.
I have taught visual and material culture at ECA for over a decade, with colleagues in the Schools of Art and Design, as well as co-teaching with colleagues in Social Anthropology. My research has appeared in peer reviewed journals, international conferences and symposia, international heritage literature, edited volumes and artist publications.
In addition to my teaching and research interests, I frequently write for art exhibitions and exhibition catalogues, I am a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, and am a member of the editorial collective of the peer reviewed journal Visual Culture in Britain.
With colleagues in Art and Social and Political Studies, I co-coordinate the research network Atelier: Creative Arts and the Social Sciences, which stages workshops, conference panels and events that sit at the intersection of art and anthropology.
