writer and teacher based in new haven, ct, pursuing a ph.d. in american studies and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at yale university; research is on u.s. militarisms and material cultures of discard, decay, and decomposition across the pacific; current dissertation project studies cardboard boxes and their centrality to imperialism and capitalism

keywords: asian american studies, critical supply chain studies, discard studies, ecologies of empire, everyday war, intimacies of infrastructure