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Alka Menon @avmenon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New Haven: I'm giving a talk about my research (on Ozempic!) this Wednesday, May 20 at Armada Brewing. Check out the great lineup that Pint of Science has on tap this week and come through!

Flyer about Pint of Science talks, Wed May 20, 7-9pm at Armada Brewing in New Haven

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Alka Menon @avmenon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thrilled to share a publication by Nora Grand! It started as a term paper from my race, medicine, and technology seminar. The paper argues that the design, usage, and content of flashcards for med students can perpetuate knowledge harmful to pts. Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The Racial Politics of Medical Education Technology: Race-Based Medicine in Anki and the AnKing Flashcard Deck

Medical students increasingly rely on third-party resources, or study tools developed outside of formal medical education institutions, to study for the US Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE). One such...

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kalindi vora @kalindivora.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Intersectional Feminist STS postdoc at Yale - please circulate! postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...

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Postdoctoral Associate in Intersectional Feminist STS at Yale University

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The Sexual Health Exploration Project @sexploreproject.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Aaaaaaand, we’re back! Day 2 begins with a panel that explores the complicated and complex nature of “data." Featuring Jorge Manuel Chia, Gabriel Ancil Rangazas, @alexisrmiranda.bsky.social, Heather Welty, Melanie Jeske, and @avmenon.bsky.social. Register now: tinyurl.com/HSKSymposium

Flyer describing our third panel of the symposium and the first of Day 2: Considering and Contesting Data. The description reads: "This panel’s presenters explore a number of ways in which we must be critical of and challenge our preconceived ideas about health data. From exploring the true effectiveness of PEPFAR in reducing global inequity, to underscoring the importance of disaggregating sexual and gender identities in data collection efforts for teen dating violence; including how epidemiologists develop case definitions and the associated challenges to generalizability when it comes to disability, and examining the underlying values in the design and emergence of health wearable technologies, don’t sleep on this panel!"

The full Day 2 Symposium Schedule. You can view this on the eventbrite registration page and there will be a full pdf program schedule available by Friday April 3, compatible with screen readers.

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The Society Pages @thesocietypages.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Michael Benediktsson in @nytimes.com on public benches, @awtsn.bsky.social in NewsCop on 🌐 access, Jennifer Glass in @theatlantic.com on 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, Alex Wood in @equaltimes.bsky.social on freelancing, & @avmenon.bsky.social in @washingtonpost.com on cosmetic surgery. TSP's Soc in the News: 🔗 bit.ly/4nlzaA1

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Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here: apply.interfolio.com/174709

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Alka Menon @avmenon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

NYC: I'm speaking about my book Refashioning Race and Asian beauty tomorrow Sat 5/17 in a Creative Convening at The Met celebrating the exhibition “Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie.” Looks like a fun day! Learn more: engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Read about the "Revisiting Biomedicalization" conference held at Yale, organized by Alka Menon and Melanie Jeske, that took place on Feb 28-March 1, 2025 🧬 asaskat.com/2025/05/13/r...

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“Revisiting Biomedicalization” (Feb 28-March 1, 2025)

On February 28 and March 1, Alka Menon (Yale) and Melanie Jeske (Baylor College of Medicine) led a convening at Yale University titled “Revisiting Biomedicalization: Toward a Technology-Focused App…

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Alka Menon @avmenon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I am excited to be hosting a workshop next Fri 2/28 and Sat 3/1 at Yale on biomedicalization! If you are in the area and would like to attend, DM or email me for details.

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Alka Menon @avmenon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Nominate books (published in 2023 or 2024) for ASA's 2025 Body and Embodiment Book Award by Feb 15! We're looking for contributions to scholarship on body and embodiment: forms.gle/BHUqaiRQ1Jzi.... Self-nominations encouraged! Reach out with questions.

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ASA Body and Embodiment 2025 Book Award Nomination

This award recognizes the best book published between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024 that makes a significant contribution to the sociology of body and embodiment. Books that advance the unders...

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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🚨Call for Presenters! 🚨 Last semester at the Center for Tech Responsibility, we had a speaker series consisting of grad students presenting their ongoing work on sociotechnical computing (broadly conceived). It was fantastic: a relaxed environment, brief presentations, and lots of discussion. 1/4

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Alka Menon @avmenon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Looking for something fun this weekend? Without leaving the comforts of your home? Check out my sib Alok's online comedy special, BIOLOGY, available here: alokvmenon.com/BIOLOGY/ It is a humorous (and quasi-STS) take on life's big questions (e.g., the gender binary, biology). I highly recommend it!

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The official website and shop of the comedian and poet Alok Vaid-Menon

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Alka Menon @avmenon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I'm chairing ASA's 2025 Body and Embodiment Book Award Committee. Nominate books (published in 2023 or 2024) that make a contribution to scholarship on body and embodiment by Feb 15 here: docs.google.com/forms/d/12Ae... Self-nominations encouraged! Reach out with any questions.

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ASA Body and Embodiment 2025 Book Award Nomination

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Alka Menon @avmenon.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

Listen to my discussion of "Refashioning Race" with Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social covering: What do you get from comparing the U.S. and Malaysia? What’s “Asian cosmetic surgery”? And how do cosmetic surgeons discuss race with patients? newbooksnetwork.com/refashioning...

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Podcast | Alka Vaid Menon, "Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic…

Subscribe for free. Alka Vaid Menon, "Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards" (U California Press, 2023)

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