Emily Hayflick

About   

Emily Hayflick's research is centered on the entanglements of American legal frameworks, conservation programs/wildlife management, and communities' relations with land and animals. Her master's work concentrated on the language of the Alaska Native arts and crafts exemption within the Marine Mammal Protection Act, examining the law in relation to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. Her research frameworks include environmental and historical anthropology, material culture studies, and the intersections of anthropology, art history, and craft studies.

Emily is currently an anthropology PhD candidate at Cornell University, and holds a BA in anthropology from Barnard College and an MA in Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture from the Bard Graduate Center. In 2024, she was a Conservation and Justice Fellow at the American Bird Conservancy. She has previously worked as a Repatriation Specialist at the Field Museum in Chicago, and completed internships with the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the National Museum of the American Indian in DC.

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You can find one of her writing projects available through the Newberry Library's Collection Essay Resource.

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Outside of academia, Emily enjoys baking (challah and sourdough bread), hanging out with her cat, and learning new fiber art techniques.