About Me

Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from American University in Washington, DC.

An avowed introvert who plays an extrovert on TV. I am terrible at normaling, yet quite good at adulting. If I am not pondering, I am pun-dering. Ever curious.

A few of my scholarly interests: women’s studies, humor, food, language, all things Eastern European, and economic anthropology.

I teach/have taught:
SIS 205 Intercultural Communication
SIS 240 Global Inequality and Development
ANTH 215 Cultures and Sexualities
SIS 642 Intercultural Relations
SIS 750 Ethnographic Research Methods for International Affairs
ANTH 396/ WGSS 396 Feminist Ethnography
ANTH 140 Anthropology of Life in the U.S.
AMST 140 Washington, DC: Life In a Monument

I am also a freelance writer and editor. Occasionally, I am quoted in things or talk to important people :). Take a look at my Mom’s book, too.

I am a mean cruciverbalista and a not so mean feminista. I am really into BOOKS (in fact, I read so much, I run a list), cookifying, music (I used to dabble in DJing), underground hip hop, knitting, arts’n’crafts,  groan-inducing puns, Dad jokes, hot saucin’, fermenting/fomenting, and general subversiveness.

Song that probably best describes my ethos: Fleetwood Mac “Sarah.” Find the poet in your heart. Never change and don’t you ever stop, Ponygirl 🙂

Don’t challenge me to a hip hop lyric quoting contest because you *will* lose.

I came to the United States from Bulgaria when I was 12–30+ years ago. Like your typical transplant, I am a girl without a home or, better put, *peak immigrant*.

I teach Pilates and am a certified Lagree trainer. I am also a budding botanist/herbalist and read Tarot.

Want to say hi? Please do.