Jan Brunson
@janbrunson.bsky.social
Medical Anthropologist | Fulbright Scholar in Nepal | Editing @ SS&M | Studying discourses on maternal health & population in global souths | Nepal | views do not represent employer
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All set up for @dukepress.bsky.social at #AAA2025 in New Orleans. All books $15! Exhibit opens tomorrow morning at 10. See you there!!
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
All set up for @dukepress.bsky.social at #AAA2025 in New Orleans. All books $15! Exhibit opens tomorrow morning at 10. See you there!!
Don’t love starting off AAAs with a red eye from Hawai`i and 36 hours of no sleep 🙃
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Don’t love starting off AAAs with a red eye from Hawai`i and 36 hours of no sleep 🙃
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Attending #AAA2025 this year? Join @culanth.bsky.social and Society for Visual Anthropology for a reception on Thursday evening (11/20)-- there will be art, music, and food!
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Attending #AAA2025 this year? Join @culanth.bsky.social and Society for Visual Anthropology for a reception on Thursday evening (11/20)-- there will be art, music, and food!
I’ve reread this paper 100s of times, and only today did I see the annoying error in the abstract 😒
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I’ve reread this paper 100s of times, and only today did I see the annoying error in the abstract 😒
CFP 2026 Center for South Asian Studies @uhcsas.bsky.social Spring Symposium
Indigenous Imaginaries of the Commons: Breaks and Continuities in the Historiographies of South Asia and Hawaiʻi
Indigenous Imaginaries of the Commons: Breaks and Continuities in the Historiographies of South Asia and Hawaiʻi
CFP
Call for Papers! In collaboration with Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies we are pleased to announce the call for papers for our 2026 spring symposium. Indigenous Imaginaries of the Common…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
CFP 2026 Center for South Asian Studies @uhcsas.bsky.social Spring Symposium
Indigenous Imaginaries of the Commons: Breaks and Continuities in the Historiographies of South Asia and Hawaiʻi
Indigenous Imaginaries of the Commons: Breaks and Continuities in the Historiographies of South Asia and Hawaiʻi
Trying to describe a comprehensive exam bib to a doctoral student as a Greatest Hits album is dating me, isn't it
#AcademicSky
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November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Trying to describe a comprehensive exam bib to a doctoral student as a Greatest Hits album is dating me, isn't it
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
500 feet high. Hoping my volcanologist will perhaps take a few steps back and give Pele her space.
Episode 36 of Kilauea’s eruption begins after days of anticipation
Scientists said fountains from the north vent are about 500 feet high, and fountains from the south vent are about one-third as high.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
500 feet high. Hoping my volcanologist will perhaps take a few steps back and give Pele her space.
The fountain just got so large they had to zoom out
enjoying watching Camera 1 this morning as the surface patches of lava start to cool and then meet resistance and fold as the hotter lava underneath continues to move – you can watch it make those characteristic patterns that are so common on the Big Island
#Kilauea 🌋 #Pele
#Kilauea 🌋 #Pele
[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
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November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The fountain just got so large they had to zoom out
enjoying watching Camera 1 this morning as the surface patches of lava start to cool and then meet resistance and fold as the hotter lava underneath continues to move – you can watch it make those characteristic patterns that are so common on the Big Island
#Kilauea 🌋 #Pele
#Kilauea 🌋 #Pele
[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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CfA: MAQ is seeking a new Book Reviews Editor! All information is available on our website: medanthro.net/call-for-app...
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
CfA: MAQ is seeking a new Book Reviews Editor! All information is available on our website: medanthro.net/call-for-app...
I have complicated thoughts about the images, but very clear thoughts about the significance of the message – the cruelty of shutting down USAID immediately, with no off ramp
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I have complicated thoughts about the images, but very clear thoughts about the significance of the message – the cruelty of shutting down USAID immediately, with no off ramp
HNL is on the list. So is LAX. Just in time for AAAs 🫠
The Federal Aviation Administration is imposing the reductions to take pressure off air traffic controllers, who are federal employees and have gone without pay during the shutdown. https://to.pbs.org/4o1drhn
What to know about the 10% reduction in flights caused by the government shutdown
Major U.S. airports are among those facing 10% reductions in air traffic Friday due to the government shutdown.
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
HNL is on the list. So is LAX. Just in time for AAAs 🫠
Kīlauea live cam. HPU field school headed there soon!
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
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November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Kīlauea live cam. HPU field school headed there soon!
Congratulations to anthropologist Prof. Pat Kirch
UH Mānoa anthropologist receives California Academy of Sciences’ highest honor | University of Hawaiʻi System News
Professor Patrick Kirch received the Fellows Medal at the CAS annual meeting in October.
www.hawaii.edu
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Congratulations to anthropologist Prof. Pat Kirch
I have very fond memories of learning black and white photography from Prof. Skinner. Heartwarming to see him honored.
Eckerd College honors Professor Emeritus Arthur Skinner ’72 with endowment and gallery in his name
www.eckerd.edu
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I have very fond memories of learning black and white photography from Prof. Skinner. Heartwarming to see him honored.
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Human Organization has published pieces from 1993-2022 that best capture the scope and scale of anthropological thinking related to gender-based violence. We are so lucky to have this platform to amplify the voice and perspectives of other anthropologists (some now with the ancestors, RIP), 2/
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Human Organization has published pieces from 1993-2022 that best capture the scope and scale of anthropological thinking related to gender-based violence. We are so lucky to have this platform to amplify the voice and perspectives of other anthropologists (some now with the ancestors, RIP), 2/
Who Gets to Procreate and Parent? A Black Feminist Critique of the Pronatalist Agenda
Who Gets to Procreate and Parent? A Black Feminist Critique of the Pronatalist Agenda
Who Gets to Procreate and Parent? Black Feminist Critique of the Pronatalist Agenda in the Era of Trump, Musk and the Death of Adriana Smith
msmagazine.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Who Gets to Procreate and Parent? A Black Feminist Critique of the Pronatalist Agenda
New social media app with positive, inspiring content only? And no Sora? Yes, please. Because humans can be pretty inspiring when they try.
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
Got 3 minutes? This habit may help boost hope and reduce stress
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
New social media app with positive, inspiring content only? And no Sora? Yes, please. Because humans can be pretty inspiring when they try.
12’s costume in progress 🎃
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
12’s costume in progress 🎃
Brown Saviors and Their Others was such a great addition to the Anthropology of Global Health & Development. I’ve reread the preface and intro so many times at this point that my pages are falling out. Ahem, Duke?
October 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Brown Saviors and Their Others was such a great addition to the Anthropology of Global Health & Development. I’ve reread the preface and intro so many times at this point that my pages are falling out. Ahem, Duke?
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Once again, EVERY R1 research university depends on federal funding for ~15-25% of its budget. You simply can't unplug the largest or 2nd-largest source of $$ of every R1 university & expect it not to have devastating consequences for graduate education, which will spill over to undergrad education.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Once again, EVERY R1 research university depends on federal funding for ~15-25% of its budget. You simply can't unplug the largest or 2nd-largest source of $$ of every R1 university & expect it not to have devastating consequences for graduate education, which will spill over to undergrad education.
googling best liberal arts colleges in canada
October 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
googling best liberal arts colleges in canada
Y'all reminded me to order my copy. Thanks!
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Sex Is a Spectrum
Why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male
press.princeton.edu
October 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Y'all reminded me to order my copy. Thanks!
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Incredible reporting on PFAS and 3M's coverup of their spread, accumulation, ability to be passed to babies, and harm. Having difficulty deciding which syllabus to add this to. Maybe several.
#MedicalAnthropology
#EnvironmentalJustice is #ReproductiveJustice
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#MedicalAnthropology
#EnvironmentalJustice is #ReproductiveJustice
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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Incredible reporting on PFAS and 3M's coverup of their spread, accumulation, ability to be passed to babies, and harm. Having difficulty deciding which syllabus to add this to. Maybe several.
#MedicalAnthropology
#EnvironmentalJustice is #ReproductiveJustice
#AcademicSky 🛟
#MedicalAnthropology
#EnvironmentalJustice is #ReproductiveJustice
#AcademicSky 🛟
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PFAS are also associated with female reproductive problems, such as endometriosis, ovarian dysfunction and tumors and dramatic decreases in fertility
www.niehs.nih.gov/research/sup...
www.niehs.nih.gov/research/sup...
PFAS Exposure Linked to Reduced Fertility in Women
Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may reduce fertility in women by as much as 40%, researchers from the NIEHS-funded Environmental Health Sciences Core Center at Mount Sinai found...
www.niehs.nih.gov
October 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
PFAS are also associated with female reproductive problems, such as endometriosis, ovarian dysfunction and tumors and dramatic decreases in fertility
www.niehs.nih.gov/research/sup...
www.niehs.nih.gov/research/sup...