Samuel

Hello! I am Samuel Minev-Benzecry, a recent graduate of Stanford University, where I double majored in Earth Systems and Linguistics, minored in History, and received Honors in the Arts. I am currently pursuing my Master's in Earth Systems, also at Stanford, with a focus on Agroforestry. This summer, I am based in Manaus, Brazil, where I am doing research for my thesis, working on language inclusion projects, and catching up on reading and organization of personal files and objects. Always an email away!

general interests

  • Socio-environmental systems and the bioeconomy in Amazonia
  • Ethnomycology
  • Digitally disadvantaged language inclusion
  • Images in the 21st century

current fascinations

  • Reading the Odyssey (Frederico Lourenço translation) and Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat by Hito Steyerl
  • Termite mounds, social insects
  • Space formation, architecture, future of cities
  • André Kertész’s photography

Updated July 27, 2026