Marcia C. Inhorn, PhD, MPH, is the William K. Lanman Jr., Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs in the Department of Anthropology and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University.She is the current and founding editor of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies (JMEWS) and has served as director of the Council on Middle East Studies at Yale (2008-2011) and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan (2004-2006). She is one of six medical anthropologists in Yale’s Department of Anthropology. A specialist on Middle Eastern gender and health issues, Inhorn has conducted research on the social impact of infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in Egypt, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and Arab America over the past 20 years.
Recent News
- 03.25.2012. Just Published – The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East
- 12.03.2011. [audio] Middle Eastern Manhood: Islam, Assisted Reproduction and Emergent Masculinities.
- 11.01.2011. New Special Issue on Cross-Border Reproductive Care (a.k.a. Reproductive Tourism)
Feature Article
Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity
Inhorn, Marcia C. (2010) “Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity,” Medical Anthropology Quarterly 24(2):263-269.
Feature Editorship
Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies
The Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies (JMEWS), published by Indiana University Press, advances the fields of women’s and gender studies through contributions across disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and other fields.
Located at the cutting edge of the new scholarship in Middle East women’s and gender studies, JMEWS encourages research that is theoretically, epistemologically, and methodologically innovative. It publishes research informed by transnational feminist studies, cultural studies, historical studies, new forms of ethnography, and the emergent intersections of science and philosophy. JMEWS provides a forum for discussion and debate for authors from the global north and south, through scholarly articles, book and film reviews, conferences, symposia, and talks by Distinguished Lecturers.