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Alex Blanchette, Associate Professor in the Department of
Anthropology, was the recipient of the 2020 Steven Polgar Prize for
the best article published in the
Society
for Medical Anthropology's flagship journal, Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
The prize was granted for Blanchette's essay on antibiotic resistance and pork
production, "Living
Waste and the Labor of Toxic Health on American Factory Farms"
Anthropology of White Supremacy: A Critical Discussion
Jemima Pierre UCLA
Aisha Beliso-De Jesús Princeton University
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 | 3:00-4:15pm