Overview
Director, Duke Campus Farm
Recently published: "Soil as the Archive" in the Journal of Agricultural History.
2025 Oak Spring Garden Interdisciplinary Fellow
Duke Climate Change Faculty Fellow
Interviewed in the documentary "The Education of Bruno Latour."
Office Hours
Students: I hold regular office hours because I’m interested in how things are going for you. Please feel free to stop by with thoughts, ideas, struggles or hurrahs about your academic coursework, or about learning and work in the food system in or outside of the academy.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of the Practice of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
·
2017 - Present
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Soil as the Archive
Journal Article Agricultural History · November 1, 2023 Open Access Link to item CiteMilton’s Manuring: Paradise Lost, Husbandry, and the Possibilities of Waste
Journal Article Milton Studies Open Access CiteRecent Grants
Rethinking Humanity's Place in an Anthropocene World
ResearchProgram Manager · Awarded by Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. · 2016 - 2022Regenerative Grazing to Mitigate Climate Change
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Southern Region Sustainable Agricul. Researc & Edu · 2019 - 2021View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Columbia University ·
2015
Ph.D.