Emily Mendenhall
@emendenhall.bsky.social
Professor @Georgetown SFS, writing on medical anthropology, global health, chronic illness, mental health, health politics, syndemics
Author of Invisible Illness, https://www.ucpress.edu/books/invisible-illness/hardcover
Author of Invisible Illness, https://www.ucpress.edu/books/invisible-illness/hardcover
As we embark on this week of giving thanks, let this article provide a space to remember how deeply our nourishment is linked to other living things.
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Protecting people, Protecting Salmon
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November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
As we embark on this week of giving thanks, let this article provide a space to remember how deeply our nourishment is linked to other living things.
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Very disappointed none of you told me that Lewis Mumford made a 1963 film about car dependency, and it's available on YouTube.
"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...
"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Very disappointed none of you told me that Lewis Mumford made a 1963 film about car dependency, and it's available on YouTube.
"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...
"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
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Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
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Very importantly,
@emendenhall.bsky.social's new book, 'Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID' is going to be out in January (2026) with California Press!!!
Link: www.ucpress.edu/books/invisi...
Super excited! Yayayy! :D
@emendenhall.bsky.social's new book, 'Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID' is going to be out in January (2026) with California Press!!!
Link: www.ucpress.edu/books/invisi...
Super excited! Yayayy! :D
Invisible Illness by Emily Mendenhall - Hardcover
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.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Very importantly,
@emendenhall.bsky.social's new book, 'Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID' is going to be out in January (2026) with California Press!!!
Link: www.ucpress.edu/books/invisi...
Super excited! Yayayy! :D
@emendenhall.bsky.social's new book, 'Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID' is going to be out in January (2026) with California Press!!!
Link: www.ucpress.edu/books/invisi...
Super excited! Yayayy! :D
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We published our first newsletter this morning for Science Politics! Science Politics is a new publication that pairs academic rigor with journalistic storytelling to explore intersections of science and politics.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We published our first newsletter this morning for Science Politics! Science Politics is a new publication that pairs academic rigor with journalistic storytelling to explore intersections of science and politics.
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The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity & Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @americananthro.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social
Season 2, Episode 6: James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity, and Decolonization - The Global Health Politics Podcast
In this long-awaited episode, originally recorded in Fall 2022, Joseph Harris sits down with Dr. James Pfeiffer, Professor of Global Health and Anthropology at University of Washington. They talk abou...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity & Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @americananthro.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social
We published our first newsletter this morning for Science Politics! Science Politics is a new publication that pairs academic rigor with journalistic storytelling to explore intersections of science and politics.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We published our first newsletter this morning for Science Politics! Science Politics is a new publication that pairs academic rigor with journalistic storytelling to explore intersections of science and politics.
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In a time of repression,
Be ungovernable.
Be ungovernable.
October 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
In a time of repression,
Be ungovernable.
Be ungovernable.
Take a look at this bit about: How to talk with people you disagree with! I did not realize this was video podcast before we started rolling--a very summered look but a great conversation. #unmasked #talkingacrosspoliticaldivides
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September 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Take a look at this bit about: How to talk with people you disagree with! I did not realize this was video podcast before we started rolling--a very summered look but a great conversation. #unmasked #talkingacrosspoliticaldivides
youtube.com/watch?v=MLnB...
youtube.com/watch?v=MLnB...
New piece on thinking about innovative solutions for addiction care in the USA, drawing from south-north learning. Fun DC-area collab in GMH! #globalmentalhealth #peercounselors
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The opioid epidemic is a persistent problem. These researchers think they have a solution.
Peers are one potential solution to help address the massive gaps in access to substance use and mental health care in the U.S.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New piece on thinking about innovative solutions for addiction care in the USA, drawing from south-north learning. Fun DC-area collab in GMH! #globalmentalhealth #peercounselors
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
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Also, if you want to learn about the Department of War and its origins, you should read my book: www.pennpress.org/978081225348...
Engineering Expansion – Penn Press
Engineering Expansion examines the U.S. Army's role in U.S. economic development from the nation's founding to the eve of the Civil War. William D. Adler sta...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Also, if you want to learn about the Department of War and its origins, you should read my book: www.pennpress.org/978081225348...
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Community health workers play critical roles in #healthsystems globally. Check out this important conversation! @ethnography911.bsky.social @emendenhall.bsky.social @globalhealthde.bsky.social @rahallclifford.bsky.social @msf.ca @jonshaffer.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social @philipverhoef.bsky.social
Our latest episode explores the efforts of @joinchic.bsky.social to professionalize community health work globally. Check out the conversation at globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @pih.org @madhupai.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @sorchabrophy.bsky.social #globalhealth
Season 2, Episode 4: The Community Health Impact Coalition's Campaign to Professionalize Community Health Work Globally - The Global Health Politics Podcast
Many health systems around the world rely on community health workers (CHWs) who play vital roles in health promotion, disease prevention, and primary care. While CHWs in some countries are not paid o...
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September 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Community health workers play critical roles in #healthsystems globally. Check out this important conversation! @ethnography911.bsky.social @emendenhall.bsky.social @globalhealthde.bsky.social @rahallclifford.bsky.social @msf.ca @jonshaffer.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social @philipverhoef.bsky.social
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From the Cough of Perinthus in ancient Greece to Long COVID in the modern world, societies have toiled under post-viral illnesses.
@emendenhall.bsky.social and Phil Fink describe the history of these conditions, which have struggled to breach mainstream policy.
@emendenhall.bsky.social and Phil Fink describe the history of these conditions, which have struggled to breach mainstream policy.
From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health
Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy
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August 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
From the Cough of Perinthus in ancient Greece to Long COVID in the modern world, societies have toiled under post-viral illnesses.
@emendenhall.bsky.social and Phil Fink describe the history of these conditions, which have struggled to breach mainstream policy.
@emendenhall.bsky.social and Phil Fink describe the history of these conditions, which have struggled to breach mainstream policy.
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The #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast for inspiring & powerful conversations on issues that matter with scholars, activists & policymakers @dadakim.bsky.social @victorroy.bsky.social @jlynch13.bsky.social @emendenhall.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and activists working on critical issues ...
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August 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast for inspiring & powerful conversations on issues that matter with scholars, activists & policymakers @dadakim.bsky.social @victorroy.bsky.social @jlynch13.bsky.social @emendenhall.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com
We are so proud of our colleague Megan Lickley in the STIA Program at Georgetown University who was awarded a multimillion dollar grant to strengthen monitoring of potent greenhouse gases! Congrats Megan!
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Professor Megan Lickley Awarded $4M to Strengthen Global Monitoring of Potent Greenhouse Gases - STIA
Dr. Megan Lickley, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute for Environment & Sustainability and the Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) Program, has bee...
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August 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We are so proud of our colleague Megan Lickley in the STIA Program at Georgetown University who was awarded a multimillion dollar grant to strengthen monitoring of potent greenhouse gases! Congrats Megan!
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For centuries, we’ve seen long-term illness follow viral infections – yet health policy still acts like it’s a new discovery.
Great read on the history of post-viral illness!
"Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy."
Great read on the history of post-viral illness!
"Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy."
Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health
Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
July 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
For centuries, we’ve seen long-term illness follow viral infections – yet health policy still acts like it’s a new discovery.
Great read on the history of post-viral illness!
"Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy."
Great read on the history of post-viral illness!
"Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy."
I'm often blown away by the ingenuity and impact of our STIA alums. Our community is bright and bold! Check out this fantastic new film about deep sea mining. STIA scientific comms at its best!
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Millions of Mysterious Deep-Sea Nodules Offer Clues to Life—And Riches to be Mined
When researchers discovered evidence of “dark oxygen” last year, the news spread around the world, but the biggest challenge to the science comes from its funders
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July 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm often blown away by the ingenuity and impact of our STIA alums. Our community is bright and bold! Check out this fantastic new film about deep sea mining. STIA scientific comms at its best!
www.scientificamerican.com/video/polyme...
www.scientificamerican.com/video/polyme...
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"Time and again, society has failed to reckon with these conditions, relegating their sufferers to the fringes of medical understanding and societal concern":
@emendenhall.bsky.social
Via @rfh1955.bsky.social
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
@emendenhall.bsky.social
Via @rfh1955.bsky.social
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health
Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Time and again, society has failed to reckon with these conditions, relegating their sufferers to the fringes of medical understanding and societal concern":
@emendenhall.bsky.social
Via @rfh1955.bsky.social
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
@emendenhall.bsky.social
Via @rfh1955.bsky.social
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
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Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health
Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
July 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
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#pwME #pwLC #NEISVoid #GreatestMEdicalScandal (!!!) @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @polybiorf.bsky.social
Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health
Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health
Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
July 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
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How are online communities changing the conversation around Long COVID? SFS Prof @emendenhall.bsky.social shares insights on Long COVID, vaccine politics and digital activism.
Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4nCaEfr
Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4nCaEfr
Five questions about Long COVID and patient activism online - SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University
SFS Professor Emily Mendenhall answers questions about Long COVID, vaccine politics and how digital activism has helped Long COVID patients find resources and community.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
How are online communities changing the conversation around Long COVID? SFS Prof @emendenhall.bsky.social shares insights on Long COVID, vaccine politics and digital activism.
Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4nCaEfr
Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4nCaEfr
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Hot off the presses in The Lancet: Building a resistance to US assaults on public health. With Alicia Ely Yamin and Emma Joanna Lengle. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Building a resistance to US assaults on public health
The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a full-fledged assault
on science and public health;1 its “flood the zone” strategy created chaos and initially
overwhelmed potential oppos...
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July 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Hot off the presses in The Lancet: Building a resistance to US assaults on public health. With Alicia Ely Yamin and Emma Joanna Lengle. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...