Bio: I grew up in a small town in northern Wisconsin, but preferring the city life, graduated with an anthropology degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2005. I currently live in Chicago as I complete the MLIS through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and hope to write my thesis next school year. I've worked in public, academic, and special libraries (currently at a law library) - in my spare time, I love to cook (of course!), drink good wine and beer, annoy my cat, explore Chicago, and procrastinate bywatching way too much TV.

Research interests: Through the MLIS, I've discovered a love of copyright law and theory! In May, I will be presenting a paper I wrote that provided a feminist analysis of recipe copyright (or the lack thereof ~ link to conference program), and in the coming years I hope to study concepts of recipe ownership, shifting notions of "originality" in cuisine, and culinary copyright ethics (I'd like to explore ethics education in culinary school curricula, but also copyright/intellectual property ethics in both professional and home kitchens). Further, I'd like tofocus on feminist perspectives and methodology in my exploration of these topics.

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