Alka Menon
@avmenon.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yale interested in medicine, tech, race, STS and more. Book: Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards.
More info: www.alkamenon.com
More info: www.alkamenon.com
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Michael Benediktsson in @nytimes.com on public benches, @awtsn.bsky.social in NewsCop on 🌐 access, Jennifer Glass in @theatlantic.com on 👨👩👧👦, Alex Wood in @equaltimes.bsky.social on freelancing, & @avmenon.bsky.social in @washingtonpost.com on cosmetic surgery.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Michael Benediktsson in @nytimes.com on public benches, @awtsn.bsky.social in NewsCop on 🌐 access, Jennifer Glass in @theatlantic.com on 👨👩👧👦, Alex Wood in @equaltimes.bsky.social on freelancing, & @avmenon.bsky.social in @washingtonpost.com on cosmetic surgery.
TSP's Soc in the News:
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TSP's Soc in the News:
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Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:
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September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:
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NYC: I'm speaking about my book Refashioning Race and Asian beauty tomorrow Sat 5/17 in a Creative Convening at The Met celebrating the exhibition “Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie.” Looks like a fun day! Learn more: engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
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May 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NYC: I'm speaking about my book Refashioning Race and Asian beauty tomorrow Sat 5/17 in a Creative Convening at The Met celebrating the exhibition “Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie.” Looks like a fun day! Learn more: engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...
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Read about the "Revisiting Biomedicalization" conference held at Yale, organized by Alka Menon and Melanie Jeske, that took place on Feb 28-March 1, 2025 🧬
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“Revisiting Biomedicalization” (Feb 28-March 1, 2025)
On February 28 and March 1, Alka Menon (Yale) and Melanie Jeske (Baylor College of Medicine) led a convening at Yale University titled “Revisiting Biomedicalization: Toward a Technology-Focused App…
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May 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Read about the "Revisiting Biomedicalization" conference held at Yale, organized by Alka Menon and Melanie Jeske, that took place on Feb 28-March 1, 2025 🧬
asaskat.com/2025/05/13/r...
asaskat.com/2025/05/13/r...
I am excited to be hosting a workshop next Fri 2/28 and Sat 3/1 at Yale on biomedicalization! If you are in the area and would like to attend, DM or email me for details.
This biomedicalization workshop schedule is 🔥 @avmenon.bsky.social. Honored to be included alongside some of my favorite scholars.
February 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am excited to be hosting a workshop next Fri 2/28 and Sat 3/1 at Yale on biomedicalization! If you are in the area and would like to attend, DM or email me for details.
Nominate books (published in 2023 or 2024) for ASA's 2025 Body and Embodiment Book Award by Feb 15! We're looking for contributions to scholarship on body and embodiment: forms.gle/BHUqaiRQ1Jzi.... Self-nominations encouraged! Reach out with questions.
ASA Body and Embodiment 2025 Book Award Nomination
This award recognizes the best book published between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024 that makes a significant contribution to the sociology of body and embodiment. Books that advance the unders...
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January 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Nominate books (published in 2023 or 2024) for ASA's 2025 Body and Embodiment Book Award by Feb 15! We're looking for contributions to scholarship on body and embodiment: forms.gle/BHUqaiRQ1Jzi.... Self-nominations encouraged! Reach out with questions.
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🚨Call for Presenters! 🚨
Last semester at the Center for Tech Responsibility, we had a speaker series consisting of grad students presenting their ongoing work on sociotechnical computing (broadly conceived). It was fantastic: a relaxed environment, brief presentations, and lots of discussion. 1/4
Last semester at the Center for Tech Responsibility, we had a speaker series consisting of grad students presenting their ongoing work on sociotechnical computing (broadly conceived). It was fantastic: a relaxed environment, brief presentations, and lots of discussion. 1/4
January 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🚨Call for Presenters! 🚨
Last semester at the Center for Tech Responsibility, we had a speaker series consisting of grad students presenting their ongoing work on sociotechnical computing (broadly conceived). It was fantastic: a relaxed environment, brief presentations, and lots of discussion. 1/4
Last semester at the Center for Tech Responsibility, we had a speaker series consisting of grad students presenting their ongoing work on sociotechnical computing (broadly conceived). It was fantastic: a relaxed environment, brief presentations, and lots of discussion. 1/4
Looking for something fun this weekend? Without leaving the comforts of your home? Check out my sib Alok's online comedy special, BIOLOGY, available here: alokvmenon.com/BIOLOGY/ It is a humorous (and quasi-STS) take on life's big questions (e.g., the gender binary, biology). I highly recommend it!
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The official website and shop of the comedian and poet Alok Vaid-Menon
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December 19, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Looking for something fun this weekend? Without leaving the comforts of your home? Check out my sib Alok's online comedy special, BIOLOGY, available here: alokvmenon.com/BIOLOGY/ It is a humorous (and quasi-STS) take on life's big questions (e.g., the gender binary, biology). I highly recommend it!
I'm chairing ASA's 2025 Body and Embodiment Book Award Committee. Nominate books (published in 2023 or 2024) that make a contribution to scholarship on body and embodiment by Feb 15 here: docs.google.com/forms/d/12Ae... Self-nominations encouraged! Reach out with any questions.
ASA Body and Embodiment 2025 Book Award Nomination
This award recognizes the best book published between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024 that makes a significant contribution to the sociology of body and embodiment. Books that advance the unders...
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December 19, 2024 at 2:59 PM
I'm chairing ASA's 2025 Body and Embodiment Book Award Committee. Nominate books (published in 2023 or 2024) that make a contribution to scholarship on body and embodiment by Feb 15 here: docs.google.com/forms/d/12Ae... Self-nominations encouraged! Reach out with any questions.
Listen to my discussion of "Refashioning Race" with Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social covering: What do you get from comparing the U.S. and Malaysia? What’s “Asian cosmetic surgery”? And how do cosmetic surgeons discuss race with patients? newbooksnetwork.com/refashioning...
Podcast | Alka Vaid Menon, "Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic…
Subscribe for free. Alka Vaid Menon, "Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards" (U California Press, 2023)
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January 29, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Listen to my discussion of "Refashioning Race" with Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social covering: What do you get from comparing the U.S. and Malaysia? What’s “Asian cosmetic surgery”? And how do cosmetic surgeons discuss race with patients? newbooksnetwork.com/refashioning...