Research Interests

My research focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, mobility, and risk with local and global structural conditions. Specifically, I examine how global and local structural dynamics merge with individual conditions to influence engagement with forms of risk. My current research focuses on forms of risk experienced by transient populations along the TransAfrica Highway in Uganda and East Africa using historical and ethnographic lenses. I broadly address myself to (1) perceptions of risk, vulnerability, and responsibility for illness and healthcare, and (2) risk and protective dimensions of human behavior, cultural norms, and social institutions.