I pursue two types of research. One is interested in economic justice by looking at concepts and practices of the laws of agreements and partnerships. I investigate this issue in both colonial and contemporary contexts with a bend toward social justice. I am therefore interested in the ways in which minorities and women are economically displaced or empowered in government contracting. I am also interested in the ethics of transformation beyond politics. This research track is my humanistic hat where I consider questions of identity and belonging from queer perspectives, meaning the perspectives of subjects and things deemed 'out of order'. The impact of my work has been in providing theoretical frameworks for the analysis of queer subjectivities and to providing a critique and pathways to governmental and intergovernmental institutions working on governance and social inclusion in economic development.
keywords
public-private partnerships, government contracting, gender, sexuality and politics, indigenous cosmologies and ethics, womanist ethics, queer studies, colonial economic history
Teaching
courses taught
ETHN 4102 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2022 / Spring 2023
Variable topic that allows intensive coverage of a subject, theme, or issue in African American studies. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours on different topics. Same as ETHN 5102.
ETHN 5102 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2022 / Spring 2023
Variable topic that allows intensive coverage of a subject, theme, or issue in African American studies. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours on different topics. Same as ETHN 4102.
