Engagement

Publications

Stealing Culture: Law Students Engage an Interdisciplinary Analysis Through the Museum. In D. Babic and M. Lourenço (Eds.), Professionalizing Museum Work in Higher Education: A Global Approach. University Museums and Collections (UMAC) & International Committee for the Training of Personnel (ICTOP). Forthcoming 2021.

Stealing Culture: Digital Repatriation (A Case Study). University Museums and Collections Journal, 12(2), 77–83. 2020. PDF.

Stealing Culture: The Internalization of Critical Race Theory Through the Intersection of Criminal Law and Museum Studies. With Toni E. Hartzel. In V. L. Farmer & E. S. W. Farmer (Eds.), Critical Race Theory in the Academy 519–534. Information Age Publishing. 2020. Full book available here.

Stealing Culture: Repatriation of Human Remains in University Collections. University Museums and Collections Journal, 11(1), 109. 2019. PDF.

Public Programs/Presentations/PApers/Workshops

International
Stealing Culture: Repatriation of Human Remains in University Collections, workshop, International Council of Museums: University Museums and Collections Annual Conference (ICOM-UMAC), Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto, Japan (Sep 1, 2019)

Stealing Culture: The International Intersection of Criminal Law and Museums, workshop with museum staff, Museu National de História Natural e da Ciência, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Jul 25, 2019)

Cambridge Summer Law Institute, London, UK (Aug 6, 2018)

Experiential Learning and Transdisciplinary Pedagogy: University of Wyoming’s Study Abroad Program Development at Abbotsford House, Eleventh Annual International Scott Conference: Antagonism, Alliance & Authorship, Faculty des Lettres, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France (Jul 11, 2018) 

How to Run a Successful Art Gallery, Museum and Art Space, Museum of Contemporary Tibetan Art, Emmen, The Netherlands (Jul 5, 2018)

Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Law and Art, Session: The Jurisprudence of Art, Culture and Property, Annual Meeting on Law and Society, Toronto, Canada (Jun 9, 2018)

Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Law and Museums, Developing a Tibetan Museology in Exile Workshop, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (Jun 30, 2018)

National 
Stealing Culture: Human Rights for Human Remains, LatCrit Biennial Conference, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA (Oct 18-19, 2019)

Stealing Culture: Polynesian Objects and Scottish Authors, Scotland and the South Seas: Writing the Wide Pacific, International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL), Pacific Region Conference, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI (Jun 28-30, 2019)

Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Museums, UW Saturday U, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY (Mar 30, 2019)

Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Museums, CLE, UW College of Law Alumni & UW Art Museum, Redline, Denver, CO (Nov 15, 2018)

Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Museums, Comparative & Inter-disciplinary Perspectives, American Bar Association/Association of American Law Schools – Criminal Justice Section, Roundtable, Washington, DC (Nov 1, 2018)

Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Law and Museums, Association of Academic Museums and Galleries/International Committee for University Museums and Collections Annual Conference, Miami, FL (Jun 21, 2018)

Theft in the Archive/Decolonizing the Museum, A Roundtable Conversation at the Museum of Man, San Diego, CA (May 14, 2018)

Living Artifacts: Evolving Traditions and Cultural Perseverance, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY (Feb 21, 2018)

Research Grants/Awards

Supplemental Research Scholar, University of Wyoming Social Justice Research Center, 2019 $2,500 

UW in Scotland, Travel Support Grant, Office of Research, 2019, $2,000

Faculty Grant-in-Aid, University of Wyoming Office of Research, 2018, $7,500

UW in Scotland, Travel Support Grant, Office of Research, 2018, $1,500

Faculty International Research Grant, University of Wyoming Center for Global Studies, 2017, $2,000 

International Travel Grant, University of Wyoming International Programs, 2016-2017, $2,000

Courses Taught

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Honors Program 4152 / Law 6915: Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Museums in Europe, UW in Scotland Study Abroad Program, Summer 2022 (postponed from summer 2020 to summer 2022 due to COVID-19)

Honors Program 4151: Senior Seminar, Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Art & Law, Spring 2019

Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Freshman Level Seminar, Stealing Culture: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Museum Studies, Summer 2020 (via Zoom due to COVID-19)