Ethnographic Research Steering Committee

Burcu Baykurt examines the social and cultural implications of digital technologies, with a particular focus on infrastructures, governance, and inequalities.

Julie Hemment is an anthropologist and ethnographer who works in postsocialist Russia.

Elizabeth Krause conducts immersive, collaborative, and participatory research to de-essentialize capitalism and illuminate local-global dynamics.

Timothy Pachirat is a Professor of Political Science.

Fareen Parvez's current research looks at predatory lending and its relationship to other forms of exploitation in low-income neighborhoods in India. 

Regine Spector's research examines New England energy politics and electric grid reform, and the climate implications of our energy and water use practices.