About
I'm interested in conflicting ontologies--and complementary practices--especially with regard to personhood, epistemic authority, and obligation. My research is betwixt-and-between Catholic indigenous peoples (Kadazan and Dusun, specifically) in Sabah, the poorest state of Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. My family is third-generation Chinese Sarawakians; I spent my early childhood in Sarawak and Sabah, before moving to the United States. I call New York City, the occupied land of the Lenape people, home.
Interests:
- religion, what it is, what is 'sacred' or 'profane,' ritual, spirits, kinship
- more-than-human ontologies
- ecology, environment, etc.
- indigeneity and all its politics
- change and conversion from colonial to postcolonial nation-building era
Hobbies:
Sports
Writing (e.g. award-winning journalist for past decade)
Happy to chat about research or what have you with prospective Phd students.
