Blog, Commentary, Sources
October 21, 2026 – Flávio Bolsonaro may be the favorite to win the Brazilian presidency despite his father’s imprisonment and President Lula’s relatively successful third term. Why? *Photo from Wikimedia Commons*
Article
Brazil’s award-winning cheeses
June 10, 2024 – Think about the best cheese you’ve ever eaten — was it French? Italian? Swiss? When Dr. Fabrício Vieira’s Caprinus do Lago was designated seventh best in the world, Brazil was invited to the cheesemaking map.
Research
Mining lithium + Jequitinhonha
Oct, 2024 – What should we know about the regions sacrificed to extract the material that powers modern life? What’s lost in the process, and by whom?
Photography
Nov 10, 2023; edits Jan 2, 2024 – Series of photos of political ads taken in Argentina before Milei’s election.
Preprints + Statistical Work
Pre-Print
Introducing Powerwise: A Pairwise & Power Rating Method
A method for selecting teams to the NCAA MD1 Lacrosse Championship
Pre-Print
Comparing Powerwise (PWR) and the NCAA Power Index (NPI)
Comparing Powerwise with the NCAA-developed NPI — both are candidate methods for use in selecting MD1 Lacrosse Championship contenders
Stats
Comparing Powerwise with the current method for at-large selection to the MD1 Lacrosse Championship
Pre-Print
Technical Overview of Safe3Step (S3S): A Power Ratings and Quality Wins Method
Another method for selecting teams to the NCAA MD1 Lacrosse Championship