2023 'Green Extractivism and Biodiversity Conservation in Uruguay's Afforested Landscapes,' Seminar Series, West Virginia University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, November 6. 2021 'La vida sin plomo: Sufrimiento tóxico y justicia ambiental en Uruguay.' Inaugural Keynote Lecture for Ecología política, sufrimiento socioambiental, y acción política seminar series, (Political ecology, socio- environmental suffering, and political action), Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico. February 5. 2015 ' Mega-Desarrollo, Extractivismo, y el Nuevo Ambientalismo en Uruguay ' (Mega-development, Extractivism and the New Environmentalism in Uruguay) One of three presenters in seminar: 'La Cuestión Ambiental en Uruguay' ('The Environmental Question in Uruguay'), organized by the Environmental Studies Network, University of the Republic (RETEMA, Universidad de la República), (Interdisciplinary Space, University of the Republic, June 24). 2014 'Mega - development, resource extraction, and the new environmentalism in Latin America.' West Virginia University, Invited talk, Campus Greens speaker series. (October 22). Anuario de Antropología Social y Cultural del Uruguay 2013 Discussant/Commentator: Book launch of the (Yearbook of Social and Cultural Anthropology in Uruguay), Interdisciplinary Space, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay (July 2013). 2011 ' Ecologías políticas en América Latina: Una revisión de temas y abordajes en el último lustro.' (Political ecologies in Latin America: A revision of recent issues and engagements) Invited talk as part of lecture series, ' Ciencias Sociales y Ambiente, ' co -organized by the Environmental Studies Network and the Interdisciplinary Center for Climate Change, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay (July 8). 2010 ' Old Hazards and New Disease: Lead Contamination, Environmental Justice, and the Uruguayan Battery Industry,' Invited talk, Department of Social Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Stout (March 11). 2009 '' Contaminados estamos todos ' : Ecología Política de la Contaminació n por Plomo en Uruguay' Invited talk, Grupo Cultura y Ambiente. Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay (July 16). 2005 'Una historia socio - política y comparativa sobre la contaminación por plomo,' Invited paper for the Foro sobre contaminantes químicos ambientales y participación popular Forum on Second Annual ( Environmental Chemical Contaminants and Popular Participation) , Montevideo Municipality, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 3-4, 2005. \_\_\_. 'Grassroots and institutional responses to the discovery of lead contamination in Montevideo, Uruguay,' Fulbright Regional Enhancement Conference Presentation on dissertation research, , Santiago, Chile, April 2005. 2004 'Una mirada comparativa sobre la contaminación por plomo,' Paper presented at the First Annual Social Impactos y Respuestas a la Contaminación por Plomo en el Uruguay (Impacts and Encounter on Lead, Responses to Lead Contamination in Uruguay) , Montevideo Municipality, Uruguay, September 24, 2004. Foro Social Uruguay \_\_\_. 'La (in)justicia ambiental. Un marco conceptual,' Invited presentation at the (Uruguay Social Forum) , Montevideo, Uruguay, 18 September 2004.

## RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

2025 Virginia University Humanities Center 2025 Virginia University Humanities Center , Research Travel Grant , 'Green Extractivism and the Politics of Forests in Uruguay' [Internal, competitive] 2020-2024 co-PI with Thomas W. Pearson (University of Wisconsin- Stout), 'Confronting the 'Forever Chemical': Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Community Responses to PFAS Contamination,' Postdoctoral Research Fellowship West Virginia University, Eberly College Book Subvention Award 2022 West Virginia University Humanities Center, Pedagogy Innovation Grant 2021 [Internal, competitive] West Virginia University Humanities Center, Research Travel Grant 2020 ; sabbatical travel [Internal, competitive] West Virginia University, Department of Sociology &Anthropology SERF Award (SOCA Excellence in 2020 , Research Fund) ; one month summer salary [Internal, competitive] West Virginia University, Eberly College Faculty Development Grant 2020 ; sabbatical research and travel. West Virginia University, Eberly College Faculty Research Travel Grant 2020 ; sabbatical research and travel. West Virginia University, Eberly College Faculty Development Grant 2019 ; summer research and travel.