Biocultural anthropologist @GeorgeMasonU @indigenous_sts @canada_sing. I work at the intersections of genomics & queer, feminist, & Indigenous STS. Texpat🤘🏻

Joined December 2008
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Excited to share our new paper from the Texas Rural Health and Heritage project - “The plantation system and the roots of the southern rural mortality penalty in the northern Blackland Prairies of Texas.” @robingnelson @AWRgenes sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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I am recruiting a #postdoc to work on projects related to forensic genetic, conservation genomics and/or ancient DNA analyses of ancient pathogens! See apply.interfolio.com/144157 & join us! #SciencePartyInTheDesert!

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Lunch planning with the co-organizers of the forthcoming AJBA special issue, Queer Feminism in Biological Anthropology. #AABA2024
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The American Association of Biological Anthropologists affirms our support of trans lives. Please see the full text of our statement on our website: bioanth.org/about/position-s…
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This site is such a hellscape now. I miss the good old days. Like when that professor had a burner account and pretended to die from Covid. That was when Twitter was pure.
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My new preprint with @robingnelson and @AWRgenes from our Texas Rural Health Project: “The Plantation System and the Roots of the Southern Rural Mortality Penalty.” osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/xk…

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We collected & analyzed vital records data from post-emancipation period Texas, when emerging forms of plantation labor such as tenant farming, convict leasing, & migrant labor were developed to sustain the plantation economy after the abolishment of chattel slavery.
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We find that the plantation system accounts for nearly all the variation in mortality that exists across the rural/urban divide in the Blackland Prairies of Texas, elucidating the historical processes underlying the emergence of rural health disparities in the region.
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Looking forward to an exciting afternoon on the final day of #SINGCanada2023. A couple more sessions, and then we will be celebrating this amazing group!
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Our #SINGCanada2023 programming concludes with our Alumni Panel reflecting on the impacts of @canada_sing, this year featuring @cheyenneithomas @experemony and Arlana Redsky
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Our 5th and final day of #SINGCanada2023 begins with a bang with @kstsosie presenting #DATABACK
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Celebrating a wonderful 4th day of #SINGCanada2023 and thrilled to have @kstsosie join us for the end of the workshop
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Day 3 of #SINGCanada2023 began with lab work and our afternoon continues with a series of lectures on ethics and their discontents. @JessKolopenuk kicks us off with “Vanilla Ethics: Institutional Research Ethics”.
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