Most recently, my work considers Andean 'political geologies' past and present. This project has two frames: 1) it queries and critiques archaeological practice as a political geology project—one that understands geomaterials (e.g., clays, rocks) using Eurocolonial lenses and negates non-Western historical narratives; and 2) it examines the ontology of geomaterials in the past by considering how they are active participants within relational Andean worlds.

My writing on political geology was recently published in American Anthropologist.

In October 2024, I hosted the Wenner-Gren funded workshop, "Political Geologies Past and Present: Ontology, Knowledge, and Affect", at the Stanford Archaeology Center, alongside my co-organizer Andrew P. Roddick. This workshop brought together archaeologists that study ancient and recent pasts to consider the salience of political geology thinking in archaeological practice. Participants unsettled how archaeologists grapple with geo-materiality, landscape, and human/non-human relations so that we can write more inclusive archaeological narratives. A special issue that includes papers from this workshop is forthcoming in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal in 2026.