I am a cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor of International Studies at Macalester College. My research examines technological infrastructures (like data centers, fiber-optic cables, and sonar surveillance networks) as a lens on questions of sovereignty, emerging spatial politics, and enduring formations of imperial power – especially in Iceland and the broader Arctic. My book, Where Cloud is Ground: Placing Data and Making Place in Iceland is now out as part of the Atelier Series at the University of California Press, and winner of the 2025 Best First Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.