Other Interests

My academic interests merge with my personal interests. I just finished serving on the Council of the "Animals & Society" section of the American Sociological Association. We worked to enhance public understanding of the multiple intersections of animals and human animals ("society"). It's fantastically interdisciplinary and satisfies some of my desires to think deeply about how we treat each other - all of us various animals. 

I had a hard time choosing a direction in college because I was interested in many things - photography, journalism, documentary film, philosophy, and public health. In fact, I got into college based on my photography, and I remain steadfastly more interested in film photography than digital anything. Some day, if I am lucky, I would love to work with students to create visual sociology - documentaries even. Luckily, my junior high and high school interest in sports and all things sport-related has died down; I spent a lot of time watching sports on TV.

I'm also interested in the paranormal or "supernatural," fashion worlds, celebrity gossip, video games (but old style - in what we used to call the arcade - you know - at the mall), cosmetics, fine art, and "true crime." My house contains old photos, paper ephemera (others' love letters and the like), books from the '50s, and cool furniture.