A Eulogy for Jane Doe is a multimedia project that honors the lives of hundreds of women whose bodies remain unidentified in the United States and along the US/Mexico border each year. The first phase of the project brought together the voices of poets and tender illustrations of items found on ten "Jane Does.” The poetry and illustrations were framed and showed on exhibit in San Diego, CA. I am currently working on the second phase, which will involve musicians, dancers, and playwrights. A Eulogy for Jane Doe is a project of collective mourning but also celebration. It bears witness to and acknowledges egregious brutality while also striving to transform forensic objects from evidence of tragedy to evidence of simple moments of meaning and beauty. Learn more at AEulogyforJaneDoe.com.

I am currently conducting research on organizations and dance teachers who use Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) or who use dance/movement for healing purposes. View a preview of this research HERE.

Along with four other ethnographers, I collaborated with the Southwest Folklife Alliance documenting the experiences of end of life caregivers in Arizona. The project was featured at an exhibit at the Arizona State Museum, “Walking Each Other Home: Cultural Practices at End of Life” . An excerpt from my ethnography can be read HERE. Listen to recordings from interviews with caregiver Deborah Young HERE.

Photo courtesy of Kathleen Dreier Photography.