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Employment (4)

Stevens Institute of Technology: Hoboken, NJ, US

2019-08 to present | Assistant Professor (Science, Technology & Society)
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Amber Benezra

New York University Tandon School of Engineering: Brooklyn, NY, US

2017-09 to 2019-08 | Industry Assistant Professor/Director (Science and Technology Studies)
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Amber Benezra

New York University: New York, NY, US

2015 to 2017 | Visiting Scholar (Anthropology)
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Amber Benezra

New York University: New York, NY, US

2013 to 2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Anthropology)
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Education and qualifications (4)

New School for Social Research: New York, NY, US

2007 to 2014 | PhD (Anthropology)
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Amber Benezra

New School for Social Research: New York, NY, US

2005 to 2007 | MA (Anthropology)
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New School: New York, New York, US

1997 to 1999 | MA (Media Studies and Film)
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Amber Benezra

Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA, US

1992 to 1996 | BA Literary and Cultural Studies/Creative Writing (English)
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Works (10)

A relational framework for microbiome research with Indigenous communities

Nature Microbiology
2023-09-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2058-5276
Contributors: Alyssa Bader; Essie M. Van Zuylen; Matilda Handsley-Davis; Rosanna A. Alegado; Amber Benezra; Rebecca Pollet; Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu; Laura S. Weyrich; Matthew Anderson
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Amber Benezra

Microbial Kin: Relations of Environment and Time

Medical Anthropology Quarterly
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0745-5194
Part of ISSN: 1548-1387
Contributors: Amber Benezra
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Amber Benezra

Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research

mSystems
2021-10-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Travis J. De Wolfe; Mohammed Rafi Arefin; Amber Benezra; María Rebolleda Gómez; Kathryn C. Milligan-Myhre
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Introducing the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group: Considering the Microbial Components of Social, Environmental, and Health Justice

mSystems
2021-08-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2379-5077
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Amber Benezra

Race in the Microbiome

Science, Technology, & Human Values
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Amber Benezra
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Setting the agenda for social science research on the human microbiome

Palgrave Communications
2020-01-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Greenhough; Cressida Jervis Read; Jamie Lorimer; Javier Lezaun; Carmen McLeod; Amber Benezra; Sally Bloomfield; Tim Brown; Megan Clinch; Fulvio D’Acquisto et al.
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Making microbiomes

Routledge Handbook of Genomics, Health and Society
2018 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85050427696

Contributors: Benezra, A.
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Amber Benezra via Scopus - Elsevier

Datafying microbes: Malnutrition at the intersection of genomics and global health

BioSocieties
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85011036622

Contributors: Benezra, A.
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Amber Benezra via Scopus - Elsevier

Persistent gut microbiota immaturity in malnourished Bangladeshi children

Nature
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84903134830

Contributors: Subramanian, S.; Huq, S.; Yatsunenko, T.; Haque, R.; Mahfuz, M.; Alam, M.A.; Benezra, A.; Destefano, J.; Meier, M.F.; Muegge, B.D. et al.
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Amber Benezra via Scopus - Elsevier

Anthropology of microbes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84860159988

Contributors: Benezra, A.; DeStefano, J.; Gordon, J.I.
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for American Anthropologist (2)
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