Katie Starkweather
@kstark8.bsky.social
Anthropologist @UIC. Climate, women’s livelihoods, child growth + health, IYCF.
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"We can feed 10 billion people nutritiously by mid-century without breaching critical planetary boundaries if we make decisive shifts in the way we produce & consume food", states PIK director Johan Rockström in @reuters.com on latest EAT-Lancet report. Read more www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"We can feed 10 billion people nutritiously by mid-century without breaching critical planetary boundaries if we make decisive shifts in the way we produce & consume food", states PIK director Johan Rockström in @reuters.com on latest EAT-Lancet report. Read more www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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The new leadership cancelled planned events for NSF’s 75th anniversary and tried to prevent staff from even taking a group photo to celebrate the landmark. These are the faces of the hardworking employees they’ve been treating as disposable.
NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️
NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️
Hundreds of National Science Foundation staffers turned out for a group photograph to celebrate the besieged agency’s 75th anniversary—despite efforts by NSF officials to prevent the picture from being taken. scim.ag/4jcGpIt
Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait
Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency
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May 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The new leadership cancelled planned events for NSF’s 75th anniversary and tried to prevent staff from even taking a group photo to celebrate the landmark. These are the faces of the hardworking employees they’ve been treating as disposable.
NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️
NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️
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This is completely false. Even the largest university endowment cannot sustain large-scale scientific research.
In my 25 years at my school, the most monumental research fund drive raised $325M in *total*. Federal research here costs $200M per *every year*.
This is an extinction-level event.
In my 25 years at my school, the most monumental research fund drive raised $325M in *total*. Federal research here costs $200M per *every year*.
This is an extinction-level event.
May 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is completely false. Even the largest university endowment cannot sustain large-scale scientific research.
In my 25 years at my school, the most monumental research fund drive raised $325M in *total*. Federal research here costs $200M per *every year*.
This is an extinction-level event.
In my 25 years at my school, the most monumental research fund drive raised $325M in *total*. Federal research here costs $200M per *every year*.
This is an extinction-level event.
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We are happy to see folks in Congress stepping up, but we need more than sternly worded letters. We need action. The US scientific enterprise is at stake #resist
NEWS: I just led 112 of my colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration on their funding freeze of the National Science Foundation.
Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.
Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.
May 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We are happy to see folks in Congress stepping up, but we need more than sternly worded letters. We need action. The US scientific enterprise is at stake #resist
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I'm THRILLED that our book is out. This book, with other 60 contributors from across the globe (!!!) is a love letter to the science we want to do, and a how-to guide for how to do it. Please read it and share it!
OUT NOW: A Field Guide to Cross-Cultural Research on Childhood Learning reimagines how we study kids—globally. With voices from 21 countries, this inclusive, practical guide bridges disciplines and challenges Western-centric research. buff.ly/0qk1cOs
May 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm THRILLED that our book is out. This book, with other 60 contributors from across the globe (!!!) is a love letter to the science we want to do, and a how-to guide for how to do it. Please read it and share it!
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Join us in congratulating Robert Boyd, a SHESC professor and research scientist with the @asuiho.bsky.social, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences — one of the highest honors a researcher can receive! 🌟
news.asu.edu/20250505-uni...
news.asu.edu/20250505-uni...
ASU expert in cultural evolution elected to National Academy of Sciences | ASU News
A leading authority on cultural evolution, Robert Boyd, a professor in Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change and a research scientist with the Institute of Human Origi...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Join us in congratulating Robert Boyd, a SHESC professor and research scientist with the @asuiho.bsky.social, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences — one of the highest honors a researcher can receive! 🌟
news.asu.edu/20250505-uni...
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I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
May 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
What’s happening at NSF and other science agencies is AWFUL!! Here are some ways to fight back (please share far and wide!!):
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NSF at 75 Toolkit | Save NSF
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May 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
What’s happening at NSF and other science agencies is AWFUL!! Here are some ways to fight back (please share far and wide!!):
www.savensf.com/nsf-at-75-to...
www.savensf.com/nsf-at-75-to...
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There's only one reason for Trump's massive deletion and closing of national climate, weather, ocean, & environmental data sets: to silence and turn a blind eye to evidence of major threats in order to protect the fossil-fuel industry. This is modern book burning.
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April 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
There's only one reason for Trump's massive deletion and closing of national climate, weather, ocean, & environmental data sets: to silence and turn a blind eye to evidence of major threats in order to protect the fossil-fuel industry. This is modern book burning.
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aw, come tf on
if they run these "through normal NIH processes," please don't volunteer to be on these review panels, people. This is utter rot.
if they run these "through normal NIH processes," please don't volunteer to be on these review panels, people. This is utter rot.
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
aw, come tf on
if they run these "through normal NIH processes," please don't volunteer to be on these review panels, people. This is utter rot.
if they run these "through normal NIH processes," please don't volunteer to be on these review panels, people. This is utter rot.
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Taiwan's exclusion from WHO leaves a critical gap in global health cooperation. WMA President Dr. @ashokphilip.bsky.social calls for Taiwan's inclusion. Global health security requires all health systems, not isolation. #HealthForAll #taiwaninwho #MedSky
April 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Taiwan's exclusion from WHO leaves a critical gap in global health cooperation. WMA President Dr. @ashokphilip.bsky.social calls for Taiwan's inclusion. Global health security requires all health systems, not isolation. #HealthForAll #taiwaninwho #MedSky
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1/7 Black women are at 3X times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes, and, nationally, Black infants have the highest rates of preterm birth and mortality. Now the fate of Black maternal health programs is at stake amid federal cuts.
@ronnielcohen.bsky.social reports:
@ronnielcohen.bsky.social reports:
April 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
1/7 Black women are at 3X times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes, and, nationally, Black infants have the highest rates of preterm birth and mortality. Now the fate of Black maternal health programs is at stake amid federal cuts.
@ronnielcohen.bsky.social reports:
@ronnielcohen.bsky.social reports:
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April 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Congratulations to @bioanthmags.bsky.social on her new paper about authoritative knowledge (AK) & infant feeding! AK has been so helpful for understanding birth practices, it's exciting and innovative of Maggie to apply it to IYCF! w/ @laurenkeenan.bsky.social
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April 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Congratulations to @bioanthmags.bsky.social on her new paper about authoritative knowledge (AK) & infant feeding! AK has been so helpful for understanding birth practices, it's exciting and innovative of Maggie to apply it to IYCF! w/ @laurenkeenan.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/glo...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/glo...
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New Mexico made child care free for most families. Believe it or not, the good thing is good.
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New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line
The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families
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April 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New Mexico made child care free for most families. Believe it or not, the good thing is good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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About 20% of us *admit* to cheating. Which left one CrowdScience listener wondering - are humans meant to be monogamous? 👩❤️👩👩❤️👨👨❤️👨
I speak to the experts to find out: @kstark8.bsky.social and @kitopie.bsky.social.
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I speak to the experts to find out: @kstark8.bsky.social and @kitopie.bsky.social.
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BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Are humans naturally monogamous?
Why is one partner usually the norm for humans around the world?
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March 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
About 20% of us *admit* to cheating. Which left one CrowdScience listener wondering - are humans meant to be monogamous? 👩❤️👩👩❤️👨👨❤️👨
I speak to the experts to find out: @kstark8.bsky.social and @kitopie.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
I speak to the experts to find out: @kstark8.bsky.social and @kitopie.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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📈GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability
Read this OA study on WBT & b/feeding patterns in relation to maternal work - at the intersection of climate change and maternal & child health @bioanthmags.bsky.social @kstark8.bsky.social
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Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability
Read this OA study on WBT & b/feeding patterns in relation to maternal work - at the intersection of climate change and maternal & child health @bioanthmags.bsky.social @kstark8.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
High wet-bulb temperatures, time allocation, and diurnal patterns of breastfeeding in Bangladeshi fisher-traders
Climate change is a growing threat to population health, with dangerous combinations of heat and humidity increasing in frequency, particularly in South Asia. Evidence suggests that high temperatur...
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March 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
📈GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability
Read this OA study on WBT & b/feeding patterns in relation to maternal work - at the intersection of climate change and maternal & child health @bioanthmags.bsky.social @kstark8.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability
Read this OA study on WBT & b/feeding patterns in relation to maternal work - at the intersection of climate change and maternal & child health @bioanthmags.bsky.social @kstark8.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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UMaine is hiring TWO faculty at the Assistant or Associate level in Political Science and International Affairs. One is the new Dan and Betty Churchill Professorship in Climate Policy. Please share widely!
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Assistant or Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the stat...
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March 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
UMaine is hiring TWO faculty at the Assistant or Associate level in Political Science and International Affairs. One is the new Dan and Betty Churchill Professorship in Climate Policy. Please share widely!
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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We know how to improve health
1. Universal healthcare
2. Stable housing
3. Access to food
1. Universal healthcare
2. Stable housing
3. Access to food
February 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We know how to improve health
1. Universal healthcare
2. Stable housing
3. Access to food
1. Universal healthcare
2. Stable housing
3. Access to food
I’ve had reports from colleagues in Bangladesh that major aid organizations are laying off 1000s of people because of this. It is irresponsible and cruel.
This NYT piece describes the devastation being wrought in the global health sector by the foreign assistance freeze. Let me say a few words about what this looks like in the sector I work in, often called democracy and governance (DRG). 🧵
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I’ve had reports from colleagues in Bangladesh that major aid organizations are laying off 1000s of people because of this. It is irresponsible and cruel.
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February 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Heat is an occupational health and a patient safety issue via @themercurycomau #climatehealth
February 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Heat is an occupational health and a patient safety issue via @themercurycomau #climatehealth
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The Cultural Anthropology Methods Program Director Team is thrilled to announce the launch of CAMP International Curriculum (methods4all.org/camp-interna...) 🧵
CAMP International – Methods4All: Home of the Cultural Anthropology Methods Program (CAMP) and CAMP International
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January 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Cultural Anthropology Methods Program Director Team is thrilled to announce the launch of CAMP International Curriculum (methods4all.org/camp-interna...) 🧵