My research interests have included the anthropology of place, colonial and postcolonial politics, nuclear testing, tourism and travel. Geographically I have focused on Oceania, where I’ve done fieldwork in both Papua New Guinea (for three years in the 70s and 80s) and French Polynesia (for 18 months from 1993-2014). I retired in 2015 and currently live in Philadelphia, where I am involved in food justice research and activism, helping to get affordable healthy food in low-income neighborhoods.