Bio

Zachary is a PhD candidate in History, Anthropology, & Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) at MIT. At the broadest level, he researches how people narrate, navigate, and intervene in situations beyond their direct control. In his current project, Zachary investigates how visions for the future of predominantly agricultural communities in South Italy are complicated by a limited understanding of the political, economic, and environmental contours that shaped inequality in the rural past. This work has been supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research; MIT’s John Lyons and Kenan Sahin Fellowships; the Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability; and the MIT Center for International Studies, among others. In addition to his work at MIT, Zachary is a research affiliate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University.