Meredith Van Natta

Medical sociologist studying citizenship, health inequities, and biometric surveillance. Views are my own.

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

Such a privilege to work with @matteofarinella and @UCMercedCFH to bring research to life through comics!

Check out our comic on #MedicalLegalViolence--as well as the other fantastic research from my @ucmerced colleagues here: https://t.co/MspiuR3GmS

[Matteo Farinella @matteofarinella]

For years @ucmerced has been producing an amazing series of non-fiction #comics so I was delighted when this Summer they asked me to work with 2 of their faculty:

https://t.co/8BCNNdC8qR

#graphicmedicine #graphicscolarship #scicomm

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

So grateful for incredible colleagues like @taylormcruz who supported me every step of the way toward this book and are celebrating it with me now 💖

[Taylor M. Cruz @taylormcruz]

Huge congratulations to Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan for her book Medical Legal Violence, out now with @NYUpress! Can’t wait for your future visit to a med soc class (I heard she’s open to more Zoom/campus visits this fall) #ASA2023 @ASAMedSoc @SocUCSF

https://t.co/Dzhe5KaB6t

[Emancipatory Sciences Lab @EmancipatoryLab]

@SocUCSF @EmilyEVasquez @smfullerton @nfoti @sandrasoojinlee Need a reading rec? 📚 We also asked Dr. Shim what she's been reading lately. She shared what books are in her current reading pile, including @SocUCSF's alum @MereJoyVan + others – check it out!

[ISSI @UCBerkeleyISSI]

"Mass Incarceration and 21st Century Eugenics," a talk by @JenJamesPhD, is now available for viewing. ISSI's Berkeley Center for Social Medicine sponsored the event with the @CSLSatBerkeley, Center for Race and Gender and @oandbinstitute https://t.co/T0C3YVcGbb

[Emancipatory Sciences Lab @EmancipatoryLab]

🚨NEW PUB🚨 Drs. Janet Shim, @nfoti, & Mel Jeske from @UCSFNurse & @SocUCSF find that upstream choices about community engagement & constraints of time and resources cascade into tradeoffs that often culminate in "pantomime community engagement." https://t.co/oCUXOXleWK

[UCLA CSIM @UCLAmigration]

Register for a lecture by @StephCanizales on May 12th titled "Between Obligations and Aspirations: Latinx Immigrant Youth Workers' Transnational Lives and Imagined Futures." https://t.co/8Sum5AeuCg

[Inquest @_inquest_]

"ICE entanglement in local law enforcement is just one iteration of a bigger system meant to police our communities," @FeliciaArriaga writes in 'Behind Crimmigration.'

Even in this complex reality, organizing for collective freedom is possible.

https://t.co/yJGq8HBWkb

[Inquest @_inquest_]

As we step into a new era of criminalized reproductive choices, we must disentangle the deeper roots of collaboration and cooperation between health care providers and the carceral state, writes @jiseonsong of @UCILaw. https://t.co/Qdnbuenk8Y

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

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[Taylor M. Cruz @taylormcruz]

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

"A Sociology of Artificial Intelligence: Inequalities, Power, and Data Justice"

Special issue of @SociusJournal

Abstract deadline: June 1, 2023

For more information, please see the CFP:
https://t.co/jgmjDiCaqz (HTML) https://t.co/KIHQN3UoRO
(PDF) #socaf

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

I had a fantastic time yesterday at the Author-Meets-Reader @MigMatLab event for #MedicalLegalViolence

No one--and I mean NO ONE--hosts an event like ✨@StephCanizales✨

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

Looking forward to discussing #MedicalLegalViolence with two of my favorite scholars—@StephCanizales and @mariadashelena—at the @MigMatLab event next Tuesday, April 4!

[NYU Press @NYUpress]

In this excerpt from Medical Legal Violence, @MereJoyVan explains the precariousness faced by undocumented people who have no choice but to interact with agents of the state.
https://t.co/klx4BOAD8l

[Contexts Magazine @contextsmag]

Helping hurts? #LegalViolence, or the effects of intertwined immigration and criminal law, harms #asylum seekers and #immigrants, as well as the U.S. attorneys, social workers, health professionals, and advocates who help them, writes @StephCanizales https://t.co/Kt2XWldPEO

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

Thank you @_inquest_ for sharing this excerpt from my book ahead of its official release with @NYUpress next week!

In Medical Legal Violence, I show how this type of immigrant criminalization extends into the U.S. health care safety net and reshapes life-and-death decisions.

[Inquest @_inquest_]

Many immigrant families exist in a tense, in-between space where they are made to engage with the punitive and benevolent arms of the government. Far from a safe space, any misstep there could lead to severe consequences, writes @MereJoyVan of @ucmerced. https://t.co/5e8knSldcR

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

Beyond grateful to @StephCanizales and her @MigMatLab for lifting up my new book, Medical Legal Violence, from @NYUpress.

Get your copy today: https://t.co/WGdBUmjjIk

And learn more about my research here: https://t.co/KOjc4UmPFs

[UC Merced Cops Off Campus @ucm_ftp]

#CopsOffCampus makes for better working conditions ‼️ we are out @ucmerced with strikers #FairUCNow

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

Thanks, @PubHealthCityPl, for bringing this article back around! Here we show how different types of legal status collide with sometimes contradictory local, state, and federal benefits policies to shape Latinx immigrants' health chances in the U.S. health care safety net.

[Irene Yen @PubHealthCityPl]

self promo Friday - boosting https://t.co/48Mf7mhf8i @MereJoyVan
Stratified citizenship, stratified health: Examining latinx legal status in the U.S. healthcare safety net #immigration #healthcare #citizenship

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

Celebrating a fantastic research team while representing @UCMsociology at #ASA2022

[Meredith Van Natta @MereJoyVan]

So wonderful to reconnect with my fellow #UCSF alumni at #ASA2022 😊

#SocUCSF #SocAF