Education
2015 Ph.D., Geography
University of Kentucky
Dissertation: Living Care-fully: Labor, Love and Suffering and the Geographies of
Intergenerational Care in Northern Ghana
2007 M.A., Anthropology (Concentration Archaeology)
University of South Carolina
Thesis Title: Becoming a Wife: An Ethnoarchaeological Look at Food Processing and
Kitchenspace in Northern Ghana
2007 Graduate Certificate, Women’s Studies
University of South Carolina
2005 B.Sc., Archaeology (Concentration Physical Anthropology), with Distinction
University of Calgary
Areas of Expertise
Development and Livelihoods
Gender and Ageing
Families and Intergenerational Relationships
Feminist Geographies
Geographies of Care
Sub-Saharan Africa
Qualitative Methodologies
Selected Publications
2017: "To hold and be held: Engaging with suffering at end of life through a consideration
of personal writing," in Donovan, C. and P. Moss (eds), Writing Intimacy into Feminist Geography. Routledge.2015: Living Care-fully: The potential for an ethics of care in livelihoods
approaches. World Development 42, 381-393.
2015: ‘Mon’ (To Marry/To Cook): Negotiating becoming a wife and woman in the kitchens of a northern
Ghanaian Konkomba community. Gender, Place and Culture 22(9), 1323-1339.
2014: (with Amanda Fickey) Moving Beyond Neverland: Reflecting Upon the State of the
Diverse Economies Research Program and the Study of Alternative Economic Spaces. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies 13(2), 394-403.
Grants
2012: Dissertation Year Fellowship; Graduate School, University of Kentucky
2011: Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant; National Science Foundation
Awards
2014: Barnhart-Withington Award; Dept. of Geography, University of Kentucky
2007: Scholarly Poster: Arts, Social and Life Sciences, First Place Graduate Student
Day; University of South Carolina
2007: Harriett Hampton Faucette Award, Women’s Studies Program; University of South
Carolina
