How do literary and folkloric traditions of the Nile inform the region’s water politics? My dissertation answers this question by analyzing poetry and songs from Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt—three of the five countries of ...

The research topic of my terminal project is Vinotok, an autumn equinox festival that takes place annually in the small town of Crested Butte, Colorado. Vinotok is a curious festival in that it wasn’t formally begun until ...