Vincent Ialenti

Vincent Ialenti is currently a Research Associate at Cal Poly Humboldt's Department of Environmental Studies, formerly an Assistant Research Professor at George Washington University, and a MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellow at University of British Columbia. His book, Deep Time Reckoning (MIT Press, 2020), draws on his anthropological fieldwork among Finland’s nuclear waste repository experts to propose imaginative strategies for envisioning far future worlds. He earned a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from Cornell University and a MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society from the London School of Economics. Vincent is currently working on a new book project, Longstorming, an anthropological exploration of how the process of weaving together threads of thought about past and future possibilities can alter how people think, perceive, and live in the here and now-- leading to changes in different communities' worldviews, value systems, and ethical frameworks.