Currently I'm a US Federal employee with interests in sociologic and ethnographic research in the Central Asian region and determining the efficacy of democratization efforts given the volatility of regional superpowers. I will be working to gain experience in the near term, hopefully returning school for graduate studies.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I never got to do anthropological field work due to my profession, so I am making up for that now by joining a community that understands (I hope) the importance of culture in society.

Interests

Running, history, hikes, meditation, callisthenics, climbing, language and food

• culture
• books
• dining
• running
• meditation
• traveling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• anthropology
• business
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Hip-hop head

Books: all Murakami, Bulgakov, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Demick

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got away Scot free at the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border after "losing" my emigration card... Whoops

Teach, Learn, Share

Question everything and create prevailing thoughts. Never blame poor sleep on poor decision-making; poor decision-making begets poor sleep.

What I Can Share with Hosts

anything except sacrifice my firstborn

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States