My multi-disciplinary investigation on drowning and asphyxia includes historical, archival, and artistic research. Beginning with European studies on the chemistry of air, this work explores notions of attention, the apparency of breath, and the moments between life and death. Check it out!

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“Be a Doll, Blow a Hero: The Apparency of the Drowned,” Public Culture 36(2) June 2024, pp. 230-254.

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“Drowning as Injury: The Problem of Recognition,” Research Handbook on the Civil Justice System, (Elgar Research Handbooks in Law and Society Series) eds. Anne Bloom, David Engel, Richard Jolly, forthcoming, 2024.​

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“The Lung is a Bird and a Fish,” in Sovereignty Unhinged: An Illustrated Primer for the Study of Present Intensities, Disavowals, and Temporal Derangements, edited by Deborah Thomas and Joseph Masco, Duke University Press, 2022. (essay, original drawings, and book cover illustration).

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