RIP 💚 August 13, 1975 - July 14, 2025

We lost so much when we lost Andrea Gibson.

Oops Bluesky can’t yet handle self-made GIFs The paper is cool though even in their absence. Do check it out and engage your imagination! www.medanthrotheory.org/mat/article/...

I’m excited about my latest publication with Sienna Ruiz in Medical Anthropology Theory Against Image Positivism: the possibilities of play as a mode of health research. Check it out and then check out the GIFs of images in the pdf (comments below) www.medanthrotheory.org/mat/article/...

As an anthropologist in a medical school I write a lot that crosses disciplines and genres, for public audiences and academic ones. I’ve been rethinking my approaches and priorities lately. Come here us talk about this and more during June’s MASSH connections

Continuing the work on our NIH grants in Lusaka and Ndola. Not taking anything for granted right now.

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

Re-upping this observation for the current context

Morning find- My university used to have a class called qualitative anal and my dad did very well in it

It cost $22.30 to have a baby in 1937 ($488 according to inflation calculator)

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Thankful for all the years I got to celebrate with this guy. Holidays won’t be the same without him.

I'm excited to share that a piece I wrote for @americananthro.bsky.social 's Anthropology News issue on Praxis is up! Please give it a read and think about the ways that noticing, listening, and trying to do thoughtful and trustworthy science...matter. www.anthropology-news.org/articles/ble...

It’s congealed salads season! If you need a recipe, I’ve got you.

Just taking notes on an 80-year-old planner I found in my parents’ house.

My allergies are acting up just looking at that photo

In it we argue, among other things, that anthropologists (and other social scientists!) need to LEAD more interdisciplinary teams. We have the skillset for team science, and we don't use it enough. And when we lead, we can be sure that we're asking the right questions #anthrosky #climate (2/2)

This is so lovely

Things found in parents’ basement

Finally reset my password and am back. Total laziness. Happy to see everyone again

Being an anthropologist in a med school means I play the role of conspiracy theorist in all faculty meetings

KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED & FED during rough periods of their lives is *cheaper* than incarcerating & hospitalizing them repeatedly when they’re shoved onto the streets. Always has been. Just give them the money. It saves money, even if “it’s just the right thing to do” never convinced you.

My lab put together a 3-part zine series on my PHRAME study (photographing health by rural adolescents in the Midwest). Here’s the last in the series where we identify the young people’s counternarratives of health. Check it out!

Used some nondescript cleaning wipes found in the supply closet to clean my office. Now my office is clean and my hand is a loofah

Our Alexa changed our Sunday reminder of “water the houseplants” to “water the houseplant.” Ummm…

I found the best/worst place to work when there’s no school

If you like maps and photos and health, you should check out the storymap we made for my study, PHRAME (photographing health by rural adolescents in the Midwest US). This was a huge endeavor undertaken by Casey Allen, MPH during her year internship in my lab wustl.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

My kid, the goalie, in the middle of an active game

One of my study coordinators is leaving today to start a PhD in anthropology and I feel so proud and so ohmygodhowwillimanagewithouther. But mostly proud! Also help!

My kid woke me up early so now I’m over here. Nice to see familiar faces and new profile photos of people from the other place