Rebecca Lester

I have a new piece out in Scientific American based on my polyamory research. Here's a link to read it without a subscription. lnkd.in/gDW_Gs8E

Check out my newest piece in American Anthropologist!  Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

Check out my newest piece in American Anthropologist!  Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

SELINA OKIN KIM CONNER CHAIR IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Deadline Nov. 1 The Department of Anthropology, WashU, invites applications for a tenured appointment in anthropology at the level of full Professor to begin in the Fall semester of 2025. insideartsci.wustl.edu/department-ant…

Salina Okin Kim Conner Chair in Medical Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. We seek an exceptional researcher & engaged scholar to join a department with a record of excellence in medical anthropology, global health, & related areas. insideartsci.wustl.edu/department-ant…

I find it fascinating how angry people get about the idea of Dissociative Identity Disorder. It makes it challenging to have any sort of constructive conversation on the topic. I think the out-of-proportion anger says something profound about our culture.

@TanyaFrances_ @Kel_MHB @kefn84 @LEED_Collective THANK YOU for this work! Such an important issue.

@obitchuarypod cnn.com/2023/06/13/ame…

RT @sciam: Listen to an interview with therapist Rebecca J. Lester (@psychanthro) on Science, Quickly to learn more about Ella’s diagnosis,…

RT @sciam: DID is usually treated by integrating fragmented parts—but that’s not the only solution. Learn how Rebecca Lester helped a patie…

America's Anxiety about Anxiety commonreader.wustl.edu/americas-anxie…

I have a new piece out in Scientific American about how anthropological insights can inform psychotherapy practice. scientificamerican.com/article/a-trau… Traumatized Woman with Multiple Personalities Gets Better as Her 'Parts' Work as a Team via @sciam

RT @mendenhall_em: Our new page for the Practitioner's Corner Column at @socscimed-MH is up! These are deeply reflective 2500 word pieces o…

@csschmitt1 I do freelance editing on the side.

Hey academics! Do you have side hustles? If so, what are they? Had an eye-opening chat with some assistant profs from working class backgrounds and each of them had a side hustle to make ends meet/save for a down payment for a house/support parents.

@anarparikh I just finished Mad Honey (fiction). I really enjoyed it!

what are some audiobook recommendations y’all have? I also have a regular reading regimen, but some things (cozy mysteries, romance novels, plotfoward stuff) is fun to listen to on tape

Great @BeachTooSandy show Saturday night in Chicago!!!

Wash U Anthropology is hiring! Two open positions: Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology (medical) apply.interfolio.com/113361 and The Selina Okin Kim Conner Professorship in Medical Anthropology apply.interfolio.com/112552. Join us!

Fantastic conversation today with the amazing Allyson Ford @bodyjusticepod. She’s doing incredible and important work around eating disorders and social justice. Check her out!

Attended @pfurs last night. Great concert except for Richard Butler doing the “Heil hitler” arm salute & holding it for a good 20 secs, then doing it a second briefer time later.I was completely shocked, disturbed, & sickened. When is that EVER ok? Never, that’s when. Never.

@andrealala89 This is so true & it was incredibly liberating when I realized it. Will anyone die if my article revisions are late or I don’t get my slides as polished as I’d like? NOPE. The stakes are high only if you buy into the idea that your work defines your worth.