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Simon Fern
@simonfern.bsky.social
Sociology PhD candidate at Rice - writing on immigrant health/medical experiences in Spain. Also, collaborative work on food apartheid in the American south.

#migration studies, Medicine, #reproduction, care, #STS, #embodiment, coloniality, ANT.
This store in Chinatown also has some premium alternative lanyards available if you're bored of the standard issue ASA black string + transparent wallet.
August 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We've just wrapped up the Q&A now. Shout out to Alice Julier (Chatham University) for organising this panel, and Nicholas Bascuñan-Wiley (SUNY Stony Brook) for presiding. I had a lovely time as a discussant, and these food panels are always my highlight for ASA. #ASA2025
August 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
And finally, -Lola Loustaunau (University of Wisconsin-Madison) presenting work on the endemic precarity of food processing for migrant workers. #ASA2025
August 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Michaela Hoffelmeyer (University of Wisconsin-Madison) introducing us to worker safety and legal accountability in small-scale meet processing, framed through scalar irresponsibility. #ASA2025
August 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Sarah Bowen (North Carolina State University) now presenting on the relationship between the pandemic and how people felt about and experienced food assistance #ASA2025
August 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alana Haynes Stein (Creighton University) is sharing work understanding how nonprofit food banks measure and determine success - and the disconnect with systemic issues #ASA2025
August 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We just heard Aya Shirayama (University of Hawai'i) present on Okinawan food and gastronationalism. #ASA2025
August 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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August 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM