I am an applied cultural anthropologist, a Professor of Anthropology, and the Associate Director of the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware. I study the anthropology of tourism, food, the African diaspora (Brazil, Ecuador, Grenada, and Panama), and applied anthropology. I have a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the U of Oregon, an M.A. in Applied Anthropology from Oregon State U, and a Licenciatura in Sociocultural Anthropology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. I serve as Treasurer of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA).