Madison Shomaker

Anthropologist (kinda). Learning, writing, doing, changing. @AUResearch

[Madison Shomaker @MadisonEShomak]

"The radioactive radiance of (Our) Nuclear Bodies can demand power and accountability that looks much different than the power that continues to be produced by global governments at the expense of local people."

[Center for Latin American & Latino Studies @AU_CLALS]

We have published the "E-Forum: Religion, Migration, and Worldmaking in the Borderlands." One output from work supported by the @HLuceFdn

With short essays by distinguished experts from various disciplines.

Check out the papers here with no paywall:

https://t.co/6MzkkrAMC7

[Ashley M. Gjøvik @ashleygjovik]

🧵In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my home. Later I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into our windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off EPA, who raided them in 2023. EPA just sent me the report 💀⬇️

[Dawn Chapman @DawnChapmanSTL]

In 1999 the Federal Government allowed Boy Scouts to adopt part of Cold Water Creek + go down + clean it out. The Feds knew the creek was contaminated since 1949. It’s 2024 and they say they MAY have the creek cleaned by 2038. That will mean almost 100 years of exposures in STL!

[Dawn Chapman @DawnChapmanSTL]

It makes me so angry to know that instead of celebrating my daughters award next week, I have to be in DC for the 6th time this year BEGGING @SpeakerJohnson for a meeting and for him to keep his word he gave to @RepAnnWagner and put RECA on the floor for a vote! #SaveRECA

[ChangingAID @ChangingAid_AU]

Don't miss it! One week from today is the 2024 Changing Aid Conference and Workshop. Engage in conversations on the future of #internationalaid with AU alums who are experts in the field.

More information and RSVP here: https://t.co/KTCWsq29aA

[Madison Shomaker @MadisonEShomak]

Fertilizer spill causes near total fish kill for over 60 miles of river in Iowa and Missouri. Read this article- the NYT’s coverage is 🗑️🔥
https://t.co/OV2fTbVmc3

[AU College of Arts & Sciences @AUcollege]

ICYMI: @AmericanU Anthropology Prof. Thurka Sangaramoorthy spoke with @AP about the growing Haitian community in the Eastern Shore: https://t.co/mbKi94Z2S0 @aumedia

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

The Federal Railroad Administration is conducting a study to evaluate restoring daily, long-distance, intercity train service.

Their initial proposal would add 15 long-distance routes, serving 61 additional metropolitan areas and creating a true national network.

[Riverfront Times @RFTimes]

Breaking: The U.S. Army Corps is drilling through basement floors in a Florissant subdivision to determine whether radioactive contamination is under residents’ homes after finding it in their backyards https://t.co/74FFbHJlQX

[Madison Shomaker @MadisonEShomak]

@Thurka149 @AmAnthroJournal @ferrer_elise @NadaMBahgat Thank you, Professor, for opening up a space where we can share theory and feeling together and for supporting us in this process!

[Thurka Sangaramoorthy @Thurka149]

Incredible 4-part series in @AmAnthroJournal thinking through anthropological theory+building community in the classroom by students @ferrer_elise @NadaMBahgat @MadisonEShomak

I know it’ll inspire thoughtful discussions within & beyond the discipline. https://t.co/qcSuzIXRp2

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“I call myself an apocalyptic optimist.” https://t.co/iB6fim5BiG

[Center for Latin American & Latino Studies @AU_CLALS]

Lacking context on the recent escape of Ecuadorian gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito”? @Immigration_Lab Research Assistant Erica Criolo’s latest post on the AULA blog explains the events that led to the current crisis: https://t.co/fyFt5ussGT

[Center for Latin American & Latino Studies @AU_CLALS]

#ICYMI: CLALS’ research on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing 🐟 in Latin America was picked up by @TheEconomist for the piece “South American governments are trying to curb illegal fishing.” Read here: https://t.co/RM39P98o1U & check out the highlights below ⬇️🧵

[Madison Shomaker @MadisonEShomak]

Take a look at my final project for the course "Neoliberal Globalization and Health" @AmericanU informed by course readings, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Gabrielle Hecht, local Missouri journalism, Nuclear science pubs, and the incredible people in St. Louis, MO. Pls share if inclined!

[Madison Shomaker @MadisonEShomak]

"The radioactive radiance of (Our) Nuclear Bodies can demand power and accountability that looks much different than the power that continues to be produced by global governments at the expense of local people."

[Madison Shomaker @MadisonEShomak]

When @CoriBush (stl) and Sen J*sh H*wley agree on something... something's gotta happen soon.

Compensation for St. Louis victims of nuclear waste stripped from federal defense bill https://t.co/W6O54aQdYD via @komunews

[SIS Office of Research @research_sis]

📢ONE WEEK until the "Corruption Plots" book launch @AU_SIS! Join co-authors @maliniranga & David L. Pike plus @mutinous_lass & @GreenSimms next Wednesday at 3pm for a discussion on corruption and global storytelling in late capitalist cities. RSVP here: https://t.co/00pDaQazQI

[afropessimism apologist @queendurag]

4 WoC FACULTY WERE PUSHED OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER’S SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.

I recognize that our “silence will not protect us” (Lorde 1977)

Here is our response to hold the School to task:

https://t.co/ZNsHg6QA52

[AU School of International Service @AU_SIS]

SIS professor Lauren Carruth @anthrogirrrl traveled to Ethiopia this summer to investigate when and under what conditions MERS spreads between wildlife, livestock, and humans. Learn more about Carruth’s research here: https://t.co/U1GLBWZ8jJ
@research_sis @NIH @NSF