Dec. 6, 2024 — Assistant Professor Elyse Ona Singer was recently interviewed by City, University of London’s Miranda Melcher for the New Books Network podcast. In the episode, Singer discusses her award-winning ethnography, Lawful Sins: Abortion Rights and Reproductive Governance in Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2022).
Dec. 2, 2024 — Professor Neely Myers published an op-ed last week in the Dallas Morning News. In the piece, “Young Psychosis Patients Need Early Intervention,” Myers argues that youth with psychosis need proactive forms of care that empower them to feel that they can control their lives and gain respect from others. Myers develops these ideas further in her new book, Breaking Points: Youth Mental Health Crises and How We All Can Help (University of California Press, 2024).
Dec. 2, 2024 — The department is thrilled to announce that on December 5, 2024, graduate student Anne Parfitt will defend her dissertation, “Variability in Northeastern Early Paleoindian-Period Basecamps: Implications for the Peopling of New Landscapes.” The event will be held at 1:00pm in Annette Caldwell Simmons Room 213. You can join on Zoom with Meeting ID 993 7851 8802 – Passcode 270407.