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Ieva Jusionyte is a Watson Family University Professor of International Security Anthropology and the Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown University. She is a legal medical anthropologist and author known for her ethnographies, including "Threshold: Emergency Responders on the U.S.-Mexico Border" and her upcoming book "Exit Wounds: America's Guns Fuel Violence at the Border." Her research is supported by National Science Foundation fellowships and various prestigious programs such as the Fulbright Program and the Rockefeller Foundation. Jusionyte's publications engage deeply with issues of migration, violence, and security, exploring the complexities of human rights and policing narratives along the U.S.-Mexico border. As a member of the Advisory Committee for the Global Action Gun Violence Research Network, she is actively involved in advocating for measures to prevent gun violence in the Americas and has served as an editor for the California Series in Public Anthropology. Jusionyte’s work critiques the interrelation of state violence, community safety, and legal frameworks through ethnographic methods, shedding light on the narratives that shape these dynamics.
Department: Department of Economics