I am a cultural anthropologist focusing on contemporary Japan, with interest in ideals and experiences of family lives, constructions of intimacy, and romance. My book manuscript, "Intimate Separations: Divorce and its Reverberations in Contemporary Japan," considers how people negotiate freedom, happiness, and desire through divorce. My newer research project considers the intersections of family and citizenship in transnational relationships, particularly international child custody disputes.
I am an assistant professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of Virginia.
You can find me at alexy [at] virginia.edu
My twitter, which is mostly things I’ve read recently, is here.