CURRENT MISSION

To get tenure at NYU, where I currently teach!

ABOUT ME

i m vegan and love meeting interested and open-minded people. I move around a lot, but if I am somewhere with a couch, I am definitely open to having people stay with me. I live in New York, but spend a lot of time in Mexico, Japan, and Brazil each year!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So, I started this profile in 2007, and left it dormant for years! But, am now back on, and hope to meet cool people around the globe!

Interests

I'm researching the history of gender, sexuality, and colonialism in Mexico, 1600-1800. I have spent the past few years living, working, and studying between California, Japan, Mexico, and Brazil. I love to travel, visit good vegetarian restaurants abroad, and meet interesting people!

• animals
• books
• vegetarian
• vegan
• traveling
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

The God of Small Things, Dogeaters, Tropico dos Pecados: Moral, sexualidade e Inquisicao no Brasil, Tanizaki Junichiro, Hardcore and Porn Studies by Linda Williams, The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I just published a book: Centering Animals in Latin American History (Duke University Press, 2013).