As a sociologist, I spend a lot of thinking, teaching, and writing about ways to mitigate inequality in this world. I think there are connections between an appreciation for art, for nature, for building the social fabric of community, ending health disparities, and with working for justice in modernity. I’m wading into the territory of non-empirical generalities, of course. But even as a trained social scientist, I allow myself opinions and a personal narrative. Here I am and here is some work I’m privileged to be a part of.

The afternoon winter sun on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation where I managed a sexual and reproductive health intervention for Native youth.

“History is also about power. In fact history is mostly about power. It is the story of the powerful and how they became powerful, and then how they use their power to keep them in positions in which they can continue to dominate others.” - Linda Tuhiwai Smith