ABOUT

A black and white portrait photo of Emily Sekine shows a mixed race Japanese American woman with wavy hair.

Hello!

I’m a Brooklyn-based writer and editor with a PhD in anthropology from The New School for Social Research. For over five years, I was the Sociocultural & Linguistics Development Editor at SAPIENS, a digital anthropology magazine.

As an anthropologist, my research brought me to Japan to study earthquakes and volcanoes, and I continue to write and think about the relationships between people and nature through creative nonfiction and fiction projects.

When I'm not editing or writing, I enjoy hiking, dancing, playing piano, cooking, and all things cat-related.