Washington University in St. Louis seeks a Lecturer in Medical Anthropology for the 2022-2023 academic year (with possibility of renewal). More information here: apply.interfolio.com/104953

As some of you know, my current research is on polyamory and other forms of consensual non-monogamy. If you are a practitioner of poly / CNM and are willing to be interviewed, let me know (and tell your friends!). DM me here or email [email protected].

Washington University in St. Louis is hiring for TWO lecturer positions ASAP, one in medical anthropology and one in cultural anthropology w/ a focus on the environment. Please circulate (and apply!) careercenter.americananthro.org/job/641373/lec… careercenter.americananthro.org/job/641381/lec…

So if a woman is raped at gunpoint and becomes pregnant, the gun is the most protected party in that situation.

So excited for Neely Myers, PHD’ stewardship of Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry!

Attended The Psychedelic Furs last night. Great concert except for Richard Butler doing the “Heil hitler” arm salute & holding it for a good 20 secs, then doing it a second briefer time later.I was completely shocked, disturbed, & sickened. When is that EVER ok? Never, that’s when. Never.

Fantastic conversation today with the amazing Allyson Ford Arbitrum Now. She’s doing incredible and important work around eating disorders and social justice. Check her out!

Wash U Anthropology is hiring! Two open positions: Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology (medical) apply.interfolio.com/113361 and The Selina Okin Kim Conner Professorship in Medical Anthropology apply.interfolio.com/112552. Join us!

Great @BeachTooSandy show Saturday night in Chicago!!!

Our new page for the Practitioner's Corner Column at @socscimed-MH is up! These are deeply reflective 2500 word pieces on caring for people living with mental illness. Great for teaching, learning, sharing Rebecca Lester Leslie Swartz Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social @gmhequity sciencedirect.com/journal/ssm-me…

I have a new piece out in Scientific American about how anthropological insights can inform psychotherapy practice. scientificamerican.com/article/a-trau… Traumatized Woman with Multiple Personalities Gets Better as Her 'Parts' Work as a Team via Scientific American

America's Anxiety about Anxiety commonreader.wustl.edu/americas-anxie…

DID is usually treated by integrating fragmented parts—but that’s not the only solution. Learn how Rebecca Lester helped a patient with 12 identities form a community of selves in one individual. Join our Reddit, Inc. AMA w/ Rebecca Lester 🗓️June 14 at 1pm ET 🔗reddit.com/r/IAmA/

Listen to an interview with therapist Rebecca J. Lester (Rebecca Lester) on Science, Quickly to learn more about Ella’s diagnosis, treatment, and how she is doing today. 🎧🔗bit.ly/43pTVBd

I find it fascinating how angry people get about the idea of Dissociative Identity Disorder. It makes it challenging to have any sort of constructive conversation on the topic. I think the out-of-proportion anger says something profound about our culture.

Salina Okin Kim Conner Chair in Medical Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. We seek an exceptional researcher & engaged scholar to join a department with a record of excellence in medical anthropology, global health, & related areas. insideartsci.wustl.edu/department-ant…

SELINA OKIN KIM CONNER CHAIR IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Deadline Nov. 1 The Department of Anthropology, WashU, invites applications for a tenured appointment in anthropology at the level of full Professor to begin in the Fall semester of 2025. insideartsci.wustl.edu/department-ant…

Check out my newest piece in American Anthropologist!  Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

Check out my newest piece in American Anthropologist!  Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…