“I was already there, and I was already an ethnographer. I was interested in borders as sites of state violence. I became very curious and I thought I would like to follow the guns south.”

“I was already there, and I was already an ethnographer. I was interested in borders as sites of state violence. I became very curious and I thought I would like to follow the guns south.”

“I was already there, and I was already an ethnographer. I was interested in borders as sites of state violence. I became very curious and I thought I would like to follow the guns south.”

How do borders — both the physical barriers and the political realities — shape our society?These questions have long driven the work of Ieva Jusion...

Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has given Fellowships to exceptional artists, writers, scholars, and scientists, empowering them to pursue meaningful work under the freest possible conditions.

Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has given Fellowships to exceptional artists, writers, scholars, and scientists, empowering them to pursue meaningful work under the freest possible conditions.

Mexico’s Disappeared Inaugural Human Rights Lecture and Symposium In Mexico, more than 130,000 people are officially registered as disapp...

Mexico’s Disappeared Inaugural Human Rights Lecture and Symposium In Mexico, more than 130,000 people are officially registered as disapp...

The violence in Mexico is fueled by U.S. guns and money. Killing a cartel boss won’t change that — whether Trump knows it or not.

Feb. 20, 2026 — The Department of Anthropology invites you to its next Brettell Seminar in Anthropology, featuring Brown University Professor and 2025 MacArthur Fellow Ieva Jusionyte. The talk, "Exit ...

The two were on the same path for two decades. Then, after one succeeded in science and one failed, their stories clashed back together in deadly violence.

My typical response to school shootings is to call for policy changes. But I’m afraid the task ahead is bigger than that.

My typical response to school shootings is to call for policy changes. But I’m afraid the task ahead is bigger than that.

My typical response to school shootings is to call for policy changes. But I’m afraid the task ahead is bigger than that.

With the MacArthur Foundation’s $800,000 grant, Jusionyte plans on diving deeper into the links between the United States and violent crimes in Mexico.

With the MacArthur Foundation’s $800,000 grant, Jusionyte plans on diving deeper into the links between the United States and violent crimes in Mexico.

Join us for a conversation with Paola Ramos, author of “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America.” She will di...

“How do we know what is justice and for whom?” asks Ieva Jusionyte, who is working on a book about bringing organized crime leaders to the US for prosecution.

“How do we know what is justice and for whom?” asks Ieva Jusionyte, who is working on a book about bringing organized crime leaders to the US for prosecution.

Brown University professor and cultural anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte is one of this year's MacArthur fellowship winners for her work exploring political and moral ambiguities of border regions.

Jusionyte, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs, won an $800,000 grant to adv...

Exploring the political and moral ambiguities of border regions and historically shifting distinctions between legal and illegal practices.

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.

New directors have been appointed at three centers within The Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

Ieva Jusionyte’s 2024 book, "Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border," has won multiple awards, including the Juan E. Méndez Book Award and two awards from the Association of…

As Trump pressures Mexico to address drugs and migration, an expert says "border security" goes both ways.

Join us for a conversation with Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch who will discuss his book Righting Wrongs with Ieva Jusionyte.

The Massachusetts Book Awards recently named Exit Wounds to its 2025 nonfiction longlist, recognizing author Ieva Jusionyte’s powerful examination of gun trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Brown University’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded Ieva Jusionyte a Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award in social sciences for her project titled “Extradition: Can Justice Be…

Ieva Jusionyte digs into Greg Grandin’s “America, América: A New History of the New World.”

Ieva Jusionyte’s Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border, published by University of California Press, took home the top prize at the Association of American Publishers’ 2025…

The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process—and, in many cases, under false pretenses.

Ieva Jusionyte’s Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border, published by University of California Press, took home the top prize at the Association of American Publishers’ 2025 P...