publications
Books
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Desert Distortion (monograph) explores the human—more-than-human interrelationships of desert places and their representations in literature, art, and film. Texas Tech University Press, forthcoming 2025.
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Storied Deserts: Reimagining Global Arid Lands.
Co-editor, Aidan Tynan. Routledge. In production for 2024.
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peer reviewed
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“Color, Place, and Memory in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Gardens in the Dunes.” Reading Aridity in Western American Literature. Eds. Jada Ach and Gary Reger. Lexington Books, 2020.
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Public Facing
Osuna, C. E. Finn, and O. E. Sala. 2021. “What Dune Should Teach Us About the Beauty of ‘Wastelands.” Scientific American.
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"The Desert: A Well-Spring of the Imagination." For CBC Radio's IDEAS.
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Spotlights, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology Podcast.
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INTERVIEWS / MEDIA
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"Art As Transformative" for the Social Transformation Lab's Okay! School Me podcast with Arizona PBS. 2023.
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"Taking a Humanistic Approach to Environmental Issues." For ASU News.
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"Letting in the Light: ASU's partnership with artist James Turrell on Roden Crater leads to thought-provoking artwork." For Disrupt, the magazine for Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University.
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"Peering into Landscapes with Literature." For Accents on English at Arizona State University.
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"Doctoral Graduate Embraces Landscapes, Literatures." For ASUNow.
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