- Cultures of the World (130)
- Material Culture (340)
- Mexico: Society and Culture (University Honors 222)
University of Washington, Spanish and Latin American Studies, BA magna cum laude 1996
University of Texas at Austin, Latin American Studies, MA 1999
University of Texas at Austin, Anthropology, PhD 2006
Dissertation: “Revealing Artifacts: Prehispanic Replicas in an Oaxacan Woodcarving Town”
Material culture, folklore and expressive culture, tourism, food studies, ethnicity and identity, cultural representation; Mexico and Latin America
“Oaxacan Woodcarving in Cyberspace: Virtual Tourism and the Crafting of Zapotec Tradition,” Text, Practice, Performance: Journal of Expressive Culture 2 (2000): 63-82