Wow. Amazing powerful stuff from @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. This has been tough to process for me, and this essay articulates a lot of what I’ve been feeling. #EverTrue

Thank you @ievajusionyte.bsky.social for your powerful article in the @BostonGlobe on the Brown shooting and the plague of gun violence in the US. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/o...

"Trauma is a shape-shifter." Two necessary pieces on feeling, managing, writing about the impossible and impossibly regular gun violence. Fr Brown anthropologist of gun violence @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about culture, not just policy. But policy too. 1/ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/o...

Dear @ievajusionyte.bsky.social is a Brown University anthropologist and an EMT/paramedic who has focused on gun violence for most of her career, particularly on the US-Mexico border. But what happened here at Brown this past weekend... Read her here:

because all i’ve been capable of these days has been talking and texting with my students, and writing www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/o...

The Genius Next Door: Ieva Jusionyte uses ‘deep hanging out’ to research border communities — In a @wgbh.org interview, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social talks about the research behind her @macfound “genius grant” and how she plans to use the fellowship.

It was a joy to chat with Callie Crossley on WGBH about borders, anthropology, and deep hanging out www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Today, 11/18 at 4PM — "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America." A discussion with author Paola Ramos and Professor of Anthropology @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. Sponsored by @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.

Tuesday, 11/18, I’ll be in conversation with Paola Ramos about her book DEFECTORS @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. The event will be livestreamed

Brown professor probes US-Mexico extradition challenges with help of ‘genius’ grant — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social told @bostonglobe.com she’ll use her @macfound.org “genius” grant to study how extraditing Latin American cartel leaders to the U.S. impacts justice.

Some thoughts on my current book project on extradition and justice shared with @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/20/m...

A rare treasure of a conversation with Robin Young on NPR’s Here & Now about my work on borders and about anthropology www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Congrats to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies and @brown.edu professor, on being named a 2025 @macfound MacArthur Fellow — recipient of the $800K “genius grant” supporting her impactful work. Learn more: ow.ly/559L50X9e7Y

A fantastic piece of news. Congrats, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social!

The list of MacArthurs includes a brilliant former colleague, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social who I wish was still @harvard.edu. Congratulations, Ieva! So richly deserved. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/a...

Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.

Congratulations to anthropologist and UC Press author @ievajusionyte.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #MacArthurGenius Fellow! A brilliant recognition of her vital work. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social and her incredible work on borders and how they affect cultures on both “sides” of a boundary line ❤️❤️💪 www.macfound.org/videos/2025-...

On Weds, 10/1, we'll continue our human rights seminar series @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social with a roundtable of journalists covering migration for national and local media.

On the US's complicity in situations south of the US border that mean people need to flee to stay alive, one recent book is the multi-award-winning EXIT WOUNDS by @ievajusionyte.bsky.social from @ucpress.bsky.social: www.ucpress.edu/books/exit-w...

The launch of the Watson School also brought John Friedman as inaugural dean, with new leaders for three centers: @pheller.bsky.social at Saxena Center, @ericpatashnik.bsky.social at @taubmancenter.bsky.social, and @ievajusionyte.bsky.social at CHRHS. Learn more:

Sinaloa, un año después. Un reportaje que hicimos con mi querido amigo y colega Juan Cedillo publicado hoy en Milenio

Come hear us talk wildfires and anthropology at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social next Monday, 8/11

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social for receiving multiple awards for her 2024 book, Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border. Learn about Exit Wounds and the awards it has earned:

The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit by the Mexican government that sought to hold U.S. gunmakers accountable for gun violence south of the border. Read more about the stakes of the case and role of U.S. guns in Mexico in our recent conversation with Ieva Jusionyte.

Each year, 135,000 guns flow from the U.S. to Mexico, fueling cartel violence, drug trade, and border migration. With strict gun laws in Mexico, traffickers exploit looser U.S. laws. Our investigation reveals the scale of the crisis: buff.ly/meVupg5

Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments — Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, in conversation with @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about his book Righting Wrongs. (VIDEO)

The Mass Book Awards recently named #ExitWoundsBook to its 2025 nonfiction longlist, recognizing author @ievajusionyte.bsky.social's powerful examination of gun trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Happy to see Exit Wounds on the Massachusetts Book Awards nonfiction longlist in the company of some truly fabulous books by other local authors www.massbook.org/mass-book-aw...

Tomorrow, April 30, I will be in conversation with Ken Roth about his new book @watsoninstitute.bsky.social

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social on receiving a Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award in social sciences for her project, “Extradition: Can Justice Be Exported?”—awarded by Brown University’s Office of the Vice President for Research.

Detaining people, not sharing their names, then jailing them extrajudicially and indefinitely? That's "enforced disappearance"—and Latin America has a sad but proud history of fighting it. Join us Wed to hear from some of the fighters. Event: bit.ly/apr-30-disap... Register: bit.ly/apr-30-lessons

In her review of "America, América," @ievajusionyte.bsky.social assesses Greg Grandin's key argument: "A lone, expansionist United States pitted against a collective of sovereign American nations—this rivalry has played a key role in creating the modern world." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

Catch our interview with Dr. Ieva Jusionyte @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about her award-winning book, "Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence across the Border" (UC Press, 2024)! @ucpress.bsky.social @dukehumanrights.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social

AAP Announces 2025 Hawkins, PROSE Award Winners — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social’s "Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border" receives 2025 R.R. Hawkins Award and PROSE Award in social sciences from @americanpublish.bsky.social.

Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport 238 Venezuelans to a brutal Salvadoran prison. They were accused of being gangsters, but couldnt see the evidence against them. This is the story of one—Andry José Hernández Romero, a gay make-up artist, who is innocent: www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

We're thrilled to share that our authors @ievajusionyte.bsky.social and Matthew Morrison have won 2025 PROSE awards from the Association of American Publishers! Please help us spread the news 🎉 #proseawards @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

How U.S. guns fuel violence south of the border — In an interview with @highcountrynews.bsky.social, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social discusses the changing narrative on the role of American guns in violence in Mexico and the stakes of the Supreme Court case against U.S. gun companies.

70% of guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico come from the U.S. For @highcountrynews.bsky.social, I talked with @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about how Mexico is trying to hold gunmakers and politicians accountable — and why that’s proving so hard. www.hcn.org/articles/how...

Beyond Borders: Gun Culture & Gun Violence — On the Guns Unpacked #podcast, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social discusses the cultural and historical context of guns in Mexico, the connections between gun politics and immigration, & how the availability of US guns shapes migration.

How do U.S. guns fuel violence in Mexico, and can American manufacturers be held accountable? Watch @ievajusionyte.bsky.social break down the impact of U.S. firearms on cartel violence in this timely discussion with @profwschiller.bsky.social and Prof. Peter Andreas.

At long last, the conversation about EXIT WOUNDS with my favorite gun sociologist has dropped. open.spotify.com/episode/77A6...

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social! Her book, "Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border," received an honorable mention in the Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award.

@ievajusionyte.bsky.social’s book shows how true this is. www.ucpress.edu/books/exit-w...

‘What I need the most are AK-47s’: How the United States floods Mexico with weapons — In @elpais.com, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social explains how U.S. gun laws fuel Mexico’s cartel violence, with weapons trafficked south as drugs flow north, creating a deadly cycle. https://buff.ly/40WiaXZ

As America Battles Fentanyl, Mexico Fights Flow of American Guns — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social told @wsj.com that both the U.S. and Mexico must take action to curb gun trafficking, with Mexico strengthening its justice system and the U.S. tightening firearm purchase regulations.

On 2/20 I will be at Miami University in Ohio to deliver the World Anthropology Day keynote

Thank you @ameliafv.bsky.social for this generous review of Exit Wounds anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Front-page story on how US guns get smuggled to Mexico, with helpful graphics @elpaismexico.bsky.social elpais.com/mexico/2025-...