i am a graduate student in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Chicago. i work on anthropology of universities, specifically on literary theory in the United States and philosophy in France. i am also organizing a collective effort to rethink graduate student socialization in anthropology.

you can reach me at eli (at) uchicago (dot) edu.

n.b.: this site is called decasia because i often think about anthropology of decay and disorder in academic culture. the word decasia was coined by bill morrison, who used it for the name of his eerie movie made from decaying film footage. but this site has nothing to do with bill, his film decasia, his website decasia.com, the symphony by michael gordon, or anything else like that...