SIGGRAPH goes to #FAccT2026! Congrats to my co-authors @posada.website, @avmenon.bsky.social and @bsky.alexaschor.com We analyzed every SIGGRAPH, ToG, and SIGGRAPH Asia paper from 1974-2024 to see how race is imagined in graphics research. The results were not good. arxiv.org/abs/2605.14835 1/

The Racial Character of Computer Graphics Research

Computer graphics algorithms for generating photorealistic imagery are widely perceived to be universal, and capable of conjuring anything that a filmmaker or game designer can imagine. However, recen...

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New Haven: I'm giving a talk about my research (on Ozempic!) this Wednesday, May 20 at Armada Brewing. Check out the great lineup that Pint of Science has on tap this week and come through!

Thrilled to share a publication by Nora Grand! It started as a term paper from my race, medicine, and technology seminar. The paper argues that the design, usage, and content of flashcards for med students can perpetuate knowledge harmful to pts. Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Racial Politics of Medical Education Technology: Race-Based Medicine in Anki and the AnKing Flashcard Deck

Medical students increasingly rely on third-party resources, or study tools developed outside of formal medical education institutions, to study for the US Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE). One such...

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Intersectional Feminist STS postdoc at Yale - please circulate! postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...

Check out our new work! With @theodore-kim.bsky.social @posada.website and Alexa Schor!

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🚨 Our new paper, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝, co-authored with @yale.edu colleagues, Theodore Kim, Alexa Schor, and @avmenon.bsky.social, will be published at @facct.bsky.social 2026. 🔗 Read the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2605.14835

Aaaaaaand, we’re back! Day 2 begins with a panel that explores the complicated and complex nature of “data." Featuring Jorge Manuel Chia, Gabriel Ancil Rangazas, @alexisrmiranda.bsky.social, Heather Welty, Melanie Jeske, and @avmenon.bsky.social. Register now: tinyurl.com/HSKSymposium

Michael Benediktsson in @nytimes.com on public benches, @awtsn.bsky.social in NewsCop on 🌐 access, Jennifer Glass in @theatlantic.com on 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, Alex Wood in @equaltimes.bsky.social on freelancing, & @avmenon.bsky.social in @washingtonpost.com on cosmetic surgery. TSP's Soc in the News: 🔗 bit.ly/4nlzaA1

Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here: apply.interfolio.com/174709

NYC: I'm speaking about my book Refashioning Race and Asian beauty tomorrow Sat 5/17 in a Creative Convening at The Met celebrating the exhibition “Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie.” Looks like a fun day! Learn more: engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...

Read about the "Revisiting Biomedicalization" conference held at Yale, organized by Alka Menon and Melanie Jeske, that took place on Feb 28-March 1, 2025 🧬 asaskat.com/2025/05/13/r...

“Revisiting Biomedicalization” (Feb 28-March 1, 2025)

On February 28 and March 1, Alka Menon (Yale) and Melanie Jeske (Baylor College of Medicine) led a convening at Yale University titled “Revisiting Biomedicalization: Toward a Technology-Focused App…

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I am excited to be hosting a workshop next Fri 2/28 and Sat 3/1 at Yale on biomedicalization! If you are in the area and would like to attend, DM or email me for details.

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This biomedicalization workshop schedule is 🔥 @avmenon.bsky.social. Honored to be included alongside some of my favorite scholars.

Nominate books (published in 2023 or 2024) for ASA's 2025 Body and Embodiment Book Award by Feb 15! We're looking for contributions to scholarship on body and embodiment: forms.gle/BHUqaiRQ1Jzi.... Self-nominations encouraged! Reach out with questions.

ASA Body and Embodiment 2025 Book Award Nomination

This award recognizes the best book published between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024 that makes a significant contribution to the sociology of body and embodiment. Books that advance the unders...

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🚨Call for Presenters! 🚨 Last semester at the Center for Tech Responsibility, we had a speaker series consisting of grad students presenting their ongoing work on sociotechnical computing (broadly conceived). It was fantastic: a relaxed environment, brief presentations, and lots of discussion. 1/4

Looking for something fun this weekend? Without leaving the comforts of your home? Check out my sib Alok's online comedy special, BIOLOGY, available here: alokvmenon.com/BIOLOGY/ It is a humorous (and quasi-STS) take on life's big questions (e.g., the gender binary, biology). I highly recommend it!

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The official website and shop of the comedian and poet Alok Vaid-Menon

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I'm chairing ASA's 2025 Body and Embodiment Book Award Committee. Nominate books (published in 2023 or 2024) that make a contribution to scholarship on body and embodiment by Feb 15 here: docs.google.com/forms/d/12Ae... Self-nominations encouraged! Reach out with any questions.

ASA Body and Embodiment 2025 Book Award Nomination

This award recognizes the best book published between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024 that makes a significant contribution to the sociology of body and embodiment. Books that advance the unders...

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Listen to my discussion of "Refashioning Race" with Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social covering: What do you get from comparing the U.S. and Malaysia? What’s “Asian cosmetic surgery”? And how do cosmetic surgeons discuss race with patients? newbooksnetwork.com/refashioning...

Podcast | Alka Vaid Menon, "Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic…

Subscribe for free. Alka Vaid Menon, "Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards" (U California Press, 2023)

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