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Emily Mendenhall

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Emily Mendenhall is an anthropologist, Guggenheim Fellow, and Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She has authored Syndemic Suffering (2012), Global Mental Health (2015), Rethinking Diabetes (2019), Unmasked (2022), Savoring Care (2025) and Invisible Illness (2026). She serves as Editor-in-Chief of a new publication, Science Politics, and has written for Scientific American, Vox, and Psychology Today.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 174 ratings · 50 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji 3.61 avg rating — 66 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID 3.70 avg rating — 44 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Community Health Narratives: A Reader by Emily Mendenhall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bechara Choucair (Foreword), Hannah Adams Burque (Illustrator) 4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Syndemic Suffering: Social Distress, Depression, and Diabetes among Mexican Immigrant Wome (Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology) (Volume 4) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rethinking Diabetes: Entanglements with Trauma, Poverty, and HIV by Emily Mendenhall (Goodreads Author), Mark Nichter (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Environmental Health Narratives 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth by Emily Mendenhall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kate Winskell (Foreword), Hannah Adams (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth by Emily Mendenhall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam Koon (Editor), Hannah Adams Burque (Illustrations) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Syndemic Suffering: Social Distress, Depression, and Diabetes among Mexican Immigrant Women (Advances in Critical Medical Anthro) by Emily Mendenhall (2012-09-30) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unmasked: Covid, Community, and the Case of Okoboji by Emily Mendenhall (Goodreads Author), Joana Garcia (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Emily Mendenhall and 3 other people liked Stacy Keene's review of Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID: "★★★★★ A vital, compassionate history and a necessary call to action Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID by Emily Mendenhall is both deeply validating and rigorously informative. Blending cultural history with intimate patient int" Read more of this review »
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