Environmental history and historical geography, focusing principally on human interactions with the landscapes and ecosystems of North America
Elected 2017
Agrarian transitions in Asia with a focus on livelihoods and living; migration, mobility and rural-urban relations; resilience and adaptation to natural hazards and environmental change; Southeast Asia area studies
Anthropology of Social Media and Digital Anthropology. Anthropological approaches to material culture including clothing and homes; the role of objects in relationships; the process of consumption and the study of commerce and value
Political geography: geopolitics of technology, politics of algorithms; biometrics and data borders, the politics and ethics of machine learning and AI