Eliza Williamson, PhD
@kelizaw.bsky.social
Anthropologist writing about infectious disease afterlives, care, and disability worlds in Brazil + impacts of the US foreign aid freeze + maybe misophonia. Currently postdocking @dukeghi.bsky.social. Toddler mom.
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Long overdue intro post! I'm a medical anthropologist writing about #care, #reproduction, #epidemics and #pandemics, and #disability, though not necessarily in that order, and not all at the same time. Currently writing a book manuscript on the aftermath of the Zika virus epidemic in Brazil. 1/?
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NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
This and other atrocities can be tracked at the substack of the amazing @emilybass.bsky.social
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This and other atrocities can be tracked at the substack of the amazing @emilybass.bsky.social
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The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
Karoline Leavitt is apparently fine with her nephew’s mother being unlawfully deported to a country she hasn’t called home since she was 6.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Karoline Leavitt is apparently fine with her nephew’s mother being unlawfully deported to a country she hasn’t called home since she was 6.
This is huge.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Break the Bonds NC Coalition, our state government has divested the State Pension Fund from all $6.4M Israeli government bonds! breakthebondsnc.org
Send a letter of thanks and appreciation to Governor Josh Stein: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove... #NCpol
Send a letter of thanks and appreciation to Governor Josh Stein: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove... #NCpol
Governor Stein: Our state has taken a historic and important step
The Break the Bonds NC Coalition is thrilled to announce that North Carolina has divested the full $6.4M of Israeli government bonds from the State Pension Fund. Thank you for your participation in th...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is huge.
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While Alice has become an ancestor, her work continues! If you want to share her wisdom with others, you can purchase copies of her books for your local library, share her dazzling array of digital media from DVP, or donate to her legacy fund: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
Donate to Help finish Alice’s work, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us.
As yo… yomi wrong needs your support for Help finish Alice’s work
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
While Alice has become an ancestor, her work continues! If you want to share her wisdom with others, you can purchase copies of her books for your local library, share her dazzling array of digital media from DVP, or donate to her legacy fund: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
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My birthday is coming up and as it gets closer I will post links to the people, places and initiatives I will be trying to raise money to support. I hope you’ll join me.
A Gaza Giving Circle will be one.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
A Gaza Giving Circle will be one.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that the...
chuffed.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My birthday is coming up and as it gets closer I will post links to the people, places and initiatives I will be trying to raise money to support. I hope you’ll join me.
A Gaza Giving Circle will be one.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
A Gaza Giving Circle will be one.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
For my friends and colleagues in North Carolina, Siembra NC has a new took to track ICE activity in the state - please check it out, contribute, and share! www.instagram.com/p/DRA64OZjWcR/
Siembra NC on Instagram: "Sign up to volunteer: siembranc.org/volunteer
OJO Obrero (ojonc.org) is now available. This website features information about confirmed ICE operations in our state to help...
La herramienta Ojo Obrero está diseñada para ayudar a los trabajadores y estudiantes a navegar por el estado de North Carolina de manera segura, proporcionando información sobre operaciones confirmada...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
For my friends and colleagues in North Carolina, Siembra NC has a new took to track ICE activity in the state - please check it out, contribute, and share! www.instagram.com/p/DRA64OZjWcR/
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My department is hiring! We seek to hire an Assistant Professor in Global Black Geographies whose work engages "with the spatial dimensions of life in African and/or Black diasporic communities in the Global South". Job ad with more details: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05026
Assistant Professor - Global Black Geographies - Department of Geography
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My department is hiring! We seek to hire an Assistant Professor in Global Black Geographies whose work engages "with the spatial dimensions of life in African and/or Black diasporic communities in the Global South". Job ad with more details: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05026
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The Athens (GA) Immigrants Rights Coalition, which I volunteered with for several years, is currently fundraising for their Support for Immigrant Families in Crisis fund. 98.5% of donations go straight to families in need. Please boost & contribute if you can!
www.athensimmigrantrights.org/donate
www.athensimmigrantrights.org/donate
June 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Athens (GA) Immigrants Rights Coalition, which I volunteered with for several years, is currently fundraising for their Support for Immigrant Families in Crisis fund. 98.5% of donations go straight to families in need. Please boost & contribute if you can!
www.athensimmigrantrights.org/donate
www.athensimmigrantrights.org/donate
TODAY! #ActionforHigherEd #StandUpDuke
April 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
TODAY! #ActionforHigherEd #StandUpDuke
At this point, how is anyone believing anything the IDF/Israeli govt says about what's happening in Gaza?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza
Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
At this point, how is anyone believing anything the IDF/Israeli govt says about what's happening in Gaza?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Hoje às 19h no Intercept, vamos debater as reiterações do golpismo, ontem e hoje.
April 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hoje às 19h no Intercept, vamos debater as reiterações do golpismo, ontem e hoje.
This administration is actively murdering people.
Breaking: an Ethiopian man died from untreated HIV and tuberculosis in ICE custody
Read my new investigation for @pogo.org
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Read my new investigation for @pogo.org
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Migrant Dies in ICE Custody from Untreated HIV
An Ethiopian man with HIV and tuberculosis died in ICE custody without receiving treatment for either disease.
www.pogo.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This administration is actively murdering people.
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The MESA Board of Directors has released a critical statement addressing the repression of academic freedom in the United States. Read the full statement here: mesana.org/advocacy/let...
#AcademicFreedom #MESA #HigherEducation
#AcademicFreedom #MESA #HigherEducation
March 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The MESA Board of Directors has released a critical statement addressing the repression of academic freedom in the United States. Read the full statement here: mesana.org/advocacy/let...
#AcademicFreedom #MESA #HigherEducation
#AcademicFreedom #MESA #HigherEducation
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25 hours after Mahmoud Khalil was detained in a Columbia-owned apartment building — Khalil’s whereabouts are still unknown & Columbia has still not commented
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
25 hours after Mahmoud Khalil was detained in a Columbia-owned apartment building — Khalil’s whereabouts are still unknown & Columbia has still not commented
Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp on how disabled people and their families are especially impacted by this administration's budget slashing and disappearing of statistics on public programs: americananthro.org/present-tens...
Disappearing Disability: "The Page you are Looking for was not Found" - The American Anthropological Association
By Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp In November 2015, during his first Presidential campaign, Trump provoked widespread criticism by publicly mocking disabled New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski. His ...
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March 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp on how disabled people and their families are especially impacted by this administration's budget slashing and disappearing of statistics on public programs: americananthro.org/present-tens...
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Dr. @gavinyamey.bsky.social & I highlight the serious risks of the U.S. withdrawing from the WHO,both for American & global health security. When the WHO is supported, the world benefits. In the face of rising infectious & chronic disease threats, we need solidarity, not isolation.
#GlobalSolidarity
#GlobalSolidarity
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Dr. @gavinyamey.bsky.social & I highlight the serious risks of the U.S. withdrawing from the WHO,both for American & global health security. When the WHO is supported, the world benefits. In the face of rising infectious & chronic disease threats, we need solidarity, not isolation.
#GlobalSolidarity
#GlobalSolidarity
"[S]evering the long-standing ties and scientific collaborations between the United States and the WHO and slashing future U.S. financial support to the WHO will have catastrophic effects on both domestic and global health." @gavinyamey.bsky.social @boghuma.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Withdrawal of the United States from the WHO — How President Trump Is Weakening Public Health | NEJM
Severing the long-standing ties and scientific collaborations between the United States
and the WHO and slashing U.S. financial support will have catastrophic effects on
both domestic and global he...
www.nejm.org
March 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"[S]evering the long-standing ties and scientific collaborations between the United States and the WHO and slashing future U.S. financial support to the WHO will have catastrophic effects on both domestic and global health." @gavinyamey.bsky.social @boghuma.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Looking forward to engaging with scholars in the Moral Economies of Medicine working group at UNC Chapel Hill #Anthropology later this week. We'll discuss a chapter of my book manuscript in progress, Care After Zika, on #disability and #care in the wake of the Zika virus epidemic in #Brazil.
February 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Looking forward to engaging with scholars in the Moral Economies of Medicine working group at UNC Chapel Hill #Anthropology later this week. We'll discuss a chapter of my book manuscript in progress, Care After Zika, on #disability and #care in the wake of the Zika virus epidemic in #Brazil.
"[T]he problem was never “handouts”; it was disdain for disabled lives." @danilynrutherford.bsky.social for Time Magazine
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time.com/7260543/medi...
The Cruelty of Medicaid Work Requirements
If Republicans pass a plan with these restrictions, disabled people would not necessarily be exempt
time.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"[T]he problem was never “handouts”; it was disdain for disabled lives." @danilynrutherford.bsky.social for Time Magazine
time.com/7260543/medi...
time.com/7260543/medi...