Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
@meghanfwebb.bsky.social
Mixed methods researcher working on migration, heat stress, and (occupational) global health in Latin America | author of PUBLIC LOVES, PRIVATE TROUBLES
Opinions are my own.
Opinions are my own.
Pinned
Do you need to adopt an #ethnography for your #indigenous studies, #anthro or #latinamerica studies class? Consider mine… I’d love to guest lecture!
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736201...
Code bama to save!
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736201...
Code bama to save!
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
I keep thinking about how scientists hoped and prayed for increases in funding every year b/c we knew the budgets were already too small. And now the funding is just effectively gone - it's so catastrophic that I can't think too hard about it.
May 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I keep thinking about how scientists hoped and prayed for increases in funding every year b/c we knew the budgets were already too small. And now the funding is just effectively gone - it's so catastrophic that I can't think too hard about it.
One of the many powerful and insightful moments in @celinegounder.com’s speech
“To the extent that these attacks on public health are being guided by any ideology, they seem to follow the well known motto of Silicon Valley, move fast and break things. But that is an extremely dangerous way to approach public health, because … once you break something, it often can't be fixed.”
May 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
One of the many powerful and insightful moments in @celinegounder.com’s speech
It was a great #graduation week @hsph.harvard.edu
May 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It was a great #graduation week @hsph.harvard.edu
May 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Friends at #LASA2025 head by the UAP booth and check out all the great books and chat with the wonderdul @wendischnaufer.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Friends at #LASA2025 head by the UAP booth and check out all the great books and chat with the wonderdul @wendischnaufer.bsky.social
Do you need to adopt an #ethnography for your #indigenous studies, #anthro or #latinamerica studies class? Consider mine… I’d love to guest lecture!
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736201...
Code bama to save!
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736201...
Code bama to save!
April 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Do you need to adopt an #ethnography for your #indigenous studies, #anthro or #latinamerica studies class? Consider mine… I’d love to guest lecture!
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736201...
Code bama to save!
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736201...
Code bama to save!
Thank you to all who have helped me get the book published!
April 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Thank you to all who have helped me get the book published!
A welcome break as we prepare for the rush of end-of-harvest data collection
March 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A welcome break as we prepare for the rush of end-of-harvest data collection
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
This is great.
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is great.
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
🧵: I am getting texts on what scientists should do in this perilous and scary moment. My advice: your biggest power is to organize through your professional societies. A few ideas -
January 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🧵: I am getting texts on what scientists should do in this perilous and scary moment. My advice: your biggest power is to organize through your professional societies. A few ideas -
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
The Importance of WHO and Why U.S. Membership is Crucial
🧵 A thread about the World Health Organization (WHO), its role, and why the U.S. must remain engaged for global health security:
🧵 A thread about the World Health Organization (WHO), its role, and why the U.S. must remain engaged for global health security:
December 27, 2024 at 3:35 PM
The Importance of WHO and Why U.S. Membership is Crucial
🧵 A thread about the World Health Organization (WHO), its role, and why the U.S. must remain engaged for global health security:
🧵 A thread about the World Health Organization (WHO), its role, and why the U.S. must remain engaged for global health security:
A lot of days #globalhealth looks like this
December 19, 2024 at 11:28 PM
A lot of days #globalhealth looks like this
Some days #globalhealth looks like this
December 18, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Some days #globalhealth looks like this
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
Available online from Practicing Anthropology: Suffering in Silence: How Promotoras Reach Those Who Endure Behind Closed Doors by Idolina Castro doi.org/10.1080/0888...
@practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
@practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
November 29, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Available online from Practicing Anthropology: Suffering in Silence: How Promotoras Reach Those Who Endure Behind Closed Doors by Idolina Castro doi.org/10.1080/0888...
@practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
@practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
Given the widespread misuse of the term 'decolonizing,' I thought this paper might be worth remembering and re-reading
It is a widely cited classic by Eve Tuck and Wayne Yang
clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.o...
It is a widely cited classic by Eve Tuck and Wayne Yang
clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.o...
November 26, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Given the widespread misuse of the term 'decolonizing,' I thought this paper might be worth remembering and re-reading
It is a widely cited classic by Eve Tuck and Wayne Yang
clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.o...
It is a widely cited classic by Eve Tuck and Wayne Yang
clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.o...
The team completed the last health fair of the interharvest period! #globalhealth #chws
November 26, 2024 at 11:50 AM
The team completed the last health fair of the interharvest period! #globalhealth #chws
For those at #AAA2024Tampa #Praxis2024 stop by and listen to a groups of great anthropologists share their insights on health and well being
November 22, 2024 at 4:13 AM
For those at #AAA2024Tampa #Praxis2024 stop by and listen to a groups of great anthropologists share their insights on health and well being
I have just eaten French fries and a salad in my hotel room while preparing my presentation for tomorrow. The lived experience of #AAA2024Tampa!
November 22, 2024 at 12:42 AM
I have just eaten French fries and a salad in my hotel room while preparing my presentation for tomorrow. The lived experience of #AAA2024Tampa!
On the way #AAA2024Tampa #Praxis2024
November 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
On the way #AAA2024Tampa #Praxis2024
These two are not bothered by today’s snow or my meetings
November 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
These two are not bothered by today’s snow or my meetings
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
Check out these new titles in anthro and more @ #AAA2024Tampa. Talk to me about your next book project! #Anthropology
November 18, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Check out these new titles in anthro and more @ #AAA2024Tampa. Talk to me about your next book project! #Anthropology
Excited to be here! Follow me for posts “stellar” #globalhealth, #anthrosky, and #academicmama content!
November 20, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Excited to be here! Follow me for posts “stellar” #globalhealth, #anthrosky, and #academicmama content!
Reposted by Meghan Farley Webb, PhD
As of today, my new book is available in the open access Luminos series of @ucpress.bsky.social. (This means you & your students can download it for free).
Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm.
🌱🌽
www.ucpress.edu/books/mal-nu...
Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm.
🌱🌽
www.ucpress.edu/books/mal-nu...
Mal-Nutrition by Emily Yates-Doerr - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 13, 2024 at 4:53 PM
As of today, my new book is available in the open access Luminos series of @ucpress.bsky.social. (This means you & your students can download it for free).
Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm.
🌱🌽
www.ucpress.edu/books/mal-nu...
Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm.
🌱🌽
www.ucpress.edu/books/mal-nu...