In the Weeds of Ethnography: First Person Narratives

I sometimes feel crazy as I write dissertation sections that delve deeply into short pieces of interviews – I recently … More

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This month, I began writing a section of my dissertation that I’ve been excited about for months: the everyday techniques … More

One piece of preparation for the NYU conference I’m presenting at this week is to (re)read work by the more … More

Next month, I’ll be giving a short presentation at a workshop focused on how people with chronic illnesses use the … More

Just a short reflection and note today… If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you might know that I’m in … More

A few months back, I wrote a post titled “Medicine and Morality.” In that post, I tried to offer a … More

At the Food Allergy Bloggers Conference last weekend, it really struck me how certain kinds of retailers are deeply integrated … More

Happy Food Allergy Bloggers Conference weekend! I know, I know, it’s over. I’m in the airport, looking forward to sleeping … More

This semester, I’m drafting two dissertation chapters using the data I’ve collected so far about the culture of food allergies … More

Today I had the pleasure of attending the first in a series of monthly lecture courses for a group of … More

I spent last week in Buenos Aires at my field’s international conference, talking about my research and learning about what … More

This weekend I’m heading to Buenos Aires, Argentina for a week. You probably won’t hear much from me next week … More

Last week I talked about the focus on the family and children in public conversations, advocacy efforts, and research projects … More

I was inspired to study allergies for my dissertation research because of my own unsatisfying experiences with allergy testing, allergy … More

Since I was a bit out of the loop with teaching for part of the summer, I missed the news … More

As I prepare a presentation for my field’s international scientific conference next month (Society for the Social Studies of Science, … More

For three weeks this summer, I was a teaching assistant for an intensive summer course on the history of medicine. … More

It’s the end of the action-packed Saturday of FARE’s first national food allergy conference in Rosemont, IL. Right now I’m … More

Last week, I wrote about the response of the online food allergy community to an article written by a mom … More

This Friday, I’ll be heading to the Chicago area to attend FARE’s National Food Allergy Conference, June 20-22. I’m looking … More