Julia is a writer and anthropologist who studies the California desert and rural land management more broadly. Julia currently works at the University of Oregon's Ecosystem Workforce Program, conducting the 30 year social and economic monitoring for the Northwest Forest Plan. 

Previously, Julia was a postdoctoral scholar at Berkeley's Social Science Matrix, running programs, planning events, and interviewing social scientists about their research. Julia also hosted the Matrix podcast.

Julia's work focuses on the politics of land in the California desert, including: the cultural politics of conservation acquisition in the railroad checkerboard, the rhetoric of environmental impact reporting, and the legal geographies of off-highway vehicle use. 

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