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Publications

Refereed Journals
2020 (Accepted June 2020) “Disaster Fraud Prevention by Exclusion: Homeownership and the Property Politics of Disaster Governance,” CENTRO Journal

2013 “Conjuring the Close from Afar: A Border-Crossing Tale of Vieques Activism and Obama Empire.” Co-authored with Víctor M. Torres-Vélez and Katharine Starr-Law. Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society 15(1-2): 1-20.

Book Chapters
2019 “Authenticating Loss and Contesting Recovery: FEMA and the Politics of Colonial Disaster Management.” In Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, edited by Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBrón. Haymarket Books.

Book Reviews
2018 “Book Review: The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on Disaster Capitalists by Naomi Klein.” Alternautas 5(2): 100-104.

Scholarly Essays and Notes
2020 “The Public Reckoning: Anti-debt Futures after #RickyRenuncia.” Society and Space Online Series in The Decolonial Geographies of Puerto Rico’s  2019 Summer Protests: A Forum, edited by Joaquín Villanueva and Marisol LeBrón.

2019 “A Conference in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria?” Co-authored with Yarimar Bonilla. Anthropology News, February 26, 2019.

2017 “Unfinished Business in Puerto Rico”: The Case for Debt Audit and Relief After the Hurricanes.” The Platform. November 11, 2017.

2017 “From ‘Need to Merit’: ‘Conditional Inclusion’ and Private Aid for Undocumented Students.” In CUNY Graduate School Student Collective Findings Column: The Politics of Belonging and Exclusion. Anthropology Now 9(3): 59-60.

2017 “Introduction.” In CUNY Graduate School Student Collective Findings Column: Law and Order: Scrutinizing the Campaign Promise. Anthropology Now 9(2): 70-72.

2017 “Transnational Health Care Systems in Haiti: The Morality and Economics of Debt and Credit Relations.” In CUNY Graduate School Student Collective Findings Column: Studying Up and Contemporary Cases of Institutional Knowledge Production. Anthropology Now 9(1): 62-64.

2016 “Bodegueros and Care Work: A Challenge to Urban Market Competition.” In CUNY Graduate School Student Collective Findings Column. Anthropology Now 8(3): 83-84.

2016 “Introduction.” In CUNY Graduate School Student Collective Findings Column: Spatial Scales and Social Control. Anthropology Now 8(2): 81-82.

2016 “Violence in the Delivery Room.” In CUNY Graduate School Student Collective Findings Column: Bodies and Violence. Anthropology Now 8(1): 74-75.

2015 “Narratives of Debt Conference Surveys Puerto Rican Debt and Beyond.” Co-authored with Charles Dolph. Social Difference Online. May 25, 2017.

2015 “New developments in Puerto Rican economic readjustment?” Co-authored with Lisa F. Jahn. FocaalBlog. December 1, 2015.