current research interests

(all constantly in flux, and not entirely comprehensive)

• anonymous public performance/modified invisible theater
• the new mexico state legislature
• tarot
  
• macedonian/bulgarian dialects
• eastern european governance
• anarchy
• greece
• post-communism
• feminist theory in practice
• postmodern theory in practice
• utopian experiments
• permaculture
• d-i-y alternative energy (gaviotas-style)
  
• american history
• american folk culture
• kitsch
• global hipster culture
• world war two
• new mexican history
• atomic history
• the buckman direct diversion project
• the santa fe art world
• tourist culture
  
• dichotomies
• the boundaries between art and life
• pedagogy
• public private partnerships
• the st. michael's corridor
• hopewell mann
• gang culture
• folklore
• folk dancers
• "no child left behind"
• evolution of authoritarianism
• evolution of corporations
• evolution of colonialism
  
• cultures derived from career
  
• socioeconomic stratification
• evolution of new media/old media/journalism
• the effects of new media saturation (i.e. cellphones, email, facebook, t.v., internet, etc..) on human development
• middle of nowhere settlements
• meditation
• history of subversion
• history of satire
• potential subversive uses of political campaign structure and mechanisms
• balkan folk music, dance, and history
• cross-disciplinarity
• role of audience
• historical and contemporary roles of culture/art in community
• belarus
• roots/rootlessness
• globalization
• rural/urban migration
• non-linguistic communication
  
  more... to be continued