简介

y scholarship and teaching interests are situated at the intersection of three sub-fields of human geography: geographies of development, social geography, and feminist geography. The majority of my work contributes to these sub-fields by addressing the ways that the non-standard labor relations, and in particular informal work, constitute an important element of changing economic structures (or development broadly defined). My research also analyzes the processes by which informal work is mutually constituted with gender, place, and unequal power relations. In other words, I employ informal work as a lens to analyze the way that economic activity has implications for, and is itself constituted by, non-economic social processes. To date, the majority of my research has taken place in the context of contemporary Argentina with a focus on informal work. My most recent projects explore public debates over waste and informal waste recycling (scavenging) in Buenos Aires and the role of gender discourses in direct sales work in the US. I am also currently working on new research that addresses the intersection of development and feminist geography through the lens of biological reproduction. My teaching areas include Introduction to Human Geography, Social Geographies, Qualitative Research Methods, and a Seminar in Gender and Development. I also have a joint appointment with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, where I teach introductory courses as well as an upper-division class in Global Feminisms.