A Call for a Critical Medical Anthropology of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Anthropology & Medicine. 2026. With Anile Tmava.
The Medical Anthropology of Taylor Swift. 2025.
Review: A Vital Frontier: Water Insurgencies in Europe. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford. 2024.
To Help Support Their Mental Health, Students Want Schools to Make These Changes. Teen Vogue. 2023.
Young Americans Are Facing A Mental Health Crisis and Need Action. The Boston Globe. 2021. With Alan Zhang.
100+ publications in The Harvard Crimson. 2018-2021. With co-authors where appropriate.
Forthcoming Publications
“REVIEW: Homesick, Nicholas Shapiro.” Accepted Anthropological Quarterly. 2026.
“Incommunicability and Responsibility: The NHS and Migrant Communities.” 2026.
“Trust and Accompaniment: An Ethnographic Study of La Colaborativa’s COVID-19 Efforts in Chelsea, Massachusetts.” With Salmaan Keshavjee. 2026.
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