Tomorrow, 3/11 at 12PM — "Mexico’s Disappeared: Inaugural Human Rights Lecture & Symposium." Opening remarks by @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. Ph.D. Student in Anthropology, Eugenia Morales Viana will moderate. Sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies (CHRHS).
If you want to go behind the headlines about violence in Mexico and understand what and why is happening, join us for the human rights lecture and symposium on Mexico's Disappeared @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social on 3/11 with the keynote by @marcelaturati.bsky.social
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How the United States Arms the Mexican Cartels
In an excerpt from "Exit Wounds," author Ieva Jusionyte traces the deadly pipeline of assault weapons into the hands of organized crime.
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The violence in Mexico is fueled by U.S. guns and money. Killing a cartel boss won’t change that.
I'll be in Dallas next week talking about EXIT WOUNDS at Southern Methodist University
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Ok, they changed it
"Brown shooter"? What a horrible headline @bostonglobe.com
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Wow. Amazing powerful stuff from @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. This has been tough to process for me, and this essay articulates a lot of what I’ve been feeling. #EverTrue
"Trauma is a shape-shifter." Two necessary pieces on feeling, managing, writing about the impossible and impossibly regular gun violence. Fr Brown anthropologist of gun violence @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about culture, not just policy. But policy too. 1/ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/o...
Dear @ievajusionyte.bsky.social is a Brown University anthropologist and an EMT/paramedic who has focused on gun violence for most of her career, particularly on the US-Mexico border. But what happened here at Brown this past weekend...
Read her here:
because all i’ve been capable of these days has been talking and texting with my students, and writing
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The Genius Next Door: Ieva Jusionyte uses ‘deep hanging out’ to research border communities — In a @wgbh.org interview, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social talks about the research behind her @macfound “genius grant” and how she plans to use the fellowship.
It was a joy to chat with Callie Crossley on WGBH about borders, anthropology, and deep hanging out
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Today, 11/18 at 4PM — "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America." A discussion with author Paola Ramos and Professor of Anthropology @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. Sponsored by @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.
Tuesday, 11/18, I’ll be in conversation with Paola Ramos about her book DEFECTORS @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. The event will be livestreamed
Brown professor probes US-Mexico extradition challenges with help of ‘genius’ grant — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social told @bostonglobe.com she’ll use her @macfound.org “genius” grant to study how extraditing Latin American cartel leaders to the U.S. impacts justice.
Some thoughts on my current book project on extradition and justice shared with @bostonglobe.com
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A rare treasure of a conversation with Robin Young on NPR’s Here & Now about my work on borders and about anthropology
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Congrats to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies and @brown.edu professor, on being named a 2025 @macfound MacArthur Fellow — recipient of the $800K “genius grant” supporting her impactful work.
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A fantastic piece of news. Congrats, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social!
The list of MacArthurs includes a brilliant former colleague, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social who I wish was still @harvard.edu.
Congratulations, Ieva! So richly deserved.
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Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.
Congratulations to anthropologist and UC Press author @ievajusionyte.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #MacArthurGenius Fellow! A brilliant recognition of her vital work. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social and her incredible work on borders and how they affect cultures on both “sides” of a boundary line ❤️❤️💪 www.macfound.org/videos/2025-...
On Weds, 10/1, we'll continue our human rights seminar series @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social with a roundtable of journalists covering migration for national and local media.
On the US's complicity in situations south of the US border that mean people need to flee to stay alive, one recent book is the multi-award-winning EXIT WOUNDS by @ievajusionyte.bsky.social from @ucpress.bsky.social: www.ucpress.edu/books/exit-w...
