Trained in public anthropology, I seek to engage with a wide variety of audiences. Below are some examples of where I’ve published public-facing work:

2026  “Stewardship and the Difficulty of Shared Responsibility.” Theorizing the Contemporary (Society for Cultural Anthropology)

2025  “Will the Future of Food Be Gene Edited?” Africa is a Country (with A. Kingiri and M.A. Schnurr)

2023  “The Scientific Narrative Around New Food Technologies Needs to Change.” Nature Reviews Bioengineering (with K. Fischer)

2023   “Reading List.” Africa is a Country

2022  “Genetically Modified Cowpea Clears its First Hurdle in Ghana, but There’s a Long Way to Go.” The Conversation
2020  “GMOs for Africa?” Africa is a Country (with R. Schurman) [fr].
2019   “The Fight for the Future of Food.” Africa is a Country
2019   “This is What Donald Trump’s Development Policy Looks Like.” Africa is a Country (with J.M. Grumbach)
2018   “Don’t Turn Foreign Aid Over to the Heritage Foundation.” Foreign Policy in Focus (with J.M. Grumbach)
2018   “Only the Soil Can Free Us.” Africa is a Country
2018   “Catering Ghana’s Agricultural Development.” Anthropology News
2018   “Silent Aid.” Africa is a Country
2018   “Abject Lessons.” Popula
2018   “The Economic Fighters League is Re-Igniting Ghana’s Anti-Colonial Legacy.” Africa is a Country
2018   “Pythons and Lily Pads.” Africa is a Country
2014    “A Field Day for Joeva Rock.” American University College of Arts and Sciences
2014    “Why Are We Sending Soldiers Trained for War to Respond to the Ebola Crisis?” The Nation
2014    “Militarized Humanitarianism in Africa.” Foreign Policy in Focus

Additionally, my research has been featured in a number of print and podcast outlets:

• Le Monde: “Au Ghana, la Quête de Souveraineté Alimentaire Passe par les Pâtes” [quoted]
• C4E Presents (also broadcast on WUSB Stony Brook 90.1FM) [interview]
• The SfAA Podcast Archive [interview]
• The Economist: “Why GM Crops Aren’t Feeding Africa” [mBio work cited]
• Welt-Sichten: “Genetechnik für Arme?” [quoted]
• Reporterre: “Les Millions de Bill Gates Pour Les OGM n’ont pas Vaincu La Faim en Afrique” [quoted]
• The Nation: “The New Colonialist Food Economy” [quoted]
• Associated Press: “Bill Gates: Technological Innovation Would Help Solve Hunger” [quoted]
• Cambridge Development Podcast [interview]
• Cambridge Global Food Security Research Center [interview]
• Food Tank: “20 Books on Food and Agriculture to Read This Fall” [book blurbed]
• Marion Nestle’s Food Politics Blog: “Weekend Reading: Food Sovereignty in Ghana” [book blurbed]

In April 2018 I appeared on radio shows in the US and South Africa to discuss protests in Ghana that ensued after an agreement between the US military and Ghanaian government was made public. Both appearances can be accessed here:

2018   By Any Means Necessary, April 5th [US]
2018   The Koketso Sachane Show, April 3rd [South Africa]