A recent University of Pennsylvania grad, Zach continues to study globalization, postcolonialism, semiotics, diaspora, and urbanity. A self-proclaimed saunterer, Zach ponders these and other topics while meandering throughout Philadelphia or New York's diverse neighborhoods or during his travels. He spent 2011 in France and Mali studying French gypsy populations, travelling through the Sahara desert, and researching al-Qaeda's media presence in Mali.