I served on the Lancaster City Planning Commission from January 2017 – May 2021. During my time as Chair of the commission (2019-2021) we issued…
What is our responsibility to future generations? How does local self-determination, national security, energy demand, and conservation of biological and natural resources interface with the…
I show how indigenous, feminist and inter-generational approaches of inter-species care have been key to an effort to bring stingless beekeeping back from the brink…
A lot has changed since my last post about this topic, four years ago. Much has certainly stayed the same, too…sparing you the full recap,…
I love that Thanksgiving is a food and gratitude centered holiday. But ever since reading about the actual people’s history of the holiday, I’m more…
My TEDx Talk, Behind the Buzz: The Honeybee in Global Politics is now online! Please share and enjoy.
I published this piece as an attempt to contribute to the need for international relations scholars to be more self-reflective. (see e.g. “International Relations…
In the summer of 2014, I taught 10 talented graduate students from the School of International Service on a trip to Brazil. Over three and…
I organize bike rides. They are fun. I call them the Lazy Bastard rides. The Lazy Bastard Bike Rides are Intended as a celebration of…
Fun fact: Native bees do much better at pollinating crops like blueberries, cherries, and cranberries than honeybees. The very, very cool, and publicly accessible key…