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Merav Shohet

Assistant Professor Anthropology

Boston University

Affiliations

College of Arts & Sciences

Anthropology

Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies

Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies

Jewish Studies

Merav Shohet is currently serving as an Anthropology Assistant Professor Anthropology at Boston University.

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Merav Shohet

Boston University

Assistant Professor Anthropology

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culture anthropology psychiatry cultural anthropology ethnography social anthropology cultural change supportive care cultural analysis qualitative study literature ritual medical ethics psychopathology eating disorders psychoanalysis race ethnographic theory asian studies death studies psychological methods narrative experimental gerontology psychological medicine applied philosophy political behavior political studies political analysis psychological trauma family relations mourning psychodynamic narrative and identity medical diagnosis psychoanalytic psychotherapy clinical decision-making general internal medicine investigative studies population aging aging process dialysis therapy patient support patient experience cultural theory diaspora studies social conditions independent living special issue social isolation social gerontology race-based algorithms silenced resentments underserved patients psychosocial challenges julia l. cassaniti chicago press usha menon california press negotiating anorexia mental illness solo living old age

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Special Issue: Solo Living in Old Age: Shifting Dynamics of Sociality and Care. (2026)

independent livingsociologysocial problemssocial sciencesgeriatricsfamily relationsageingsocial changesocial isolationsocial relationssocial gerontologyspecial issuefamily studiessolo livingsocial workfamily processsocial conditionsold agesocial stratificationsupportive care

A Life of Worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam's Age of Anxiety by Allentran, Berkeley: University of California Press. 2023. 196 Pp.. Medical Anthropology Quarterly (2024)

anxiety disorderscalifornia presspolitical sciencepoliticspsychological traumapolitical studiesmental healthpolitical psychologypsychologypolitical behaviorpolitical analysisforeign policy

Patients’ Perspectives on Race and the Use of Race-Based Algorithms in Clinical Decision-Making: A Qualitative Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine (2023)

Insa M. SchmidtMerav ShohetMariana SerranoPranav YadatiHanni Menn-JosephyTitilayo IloriNwamaka D. EneanyaEmily C. Cleveland ManchandaSushrut S. Waikar

medicineracerace-based algorithmsinvestigative studiesgeneral internal medicinequalitative studyhealth sciencesclinical decision-making

Silenced Resentments and Regrets: Aging in a Changing Kibbutz. American Anthropologist (2023)

ageinglongevityexperimental gerontologysociologycultural changesocial changeaging processpopulation agingsilenced resentments

Structural and Psychosocial Challenges Among Underserved Patients Receiving Hemodialysis During and Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. Kidney Medicine (2023)

patient experiencepatient supportmedical sociologynursinghealth psychologydialysis therapyfamily medicineunderserved patientspsychosocial challengesqualitative studypsychological medicinesupportive care

REVIEW: Beyond the Asylum: Mental Illness in French Colonial Vietnam, by Claire E. Edington. Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2021)

Merav Shohet

east asian studiesmental healthdiaspora studiespsychiatrymental illness

Two Deaths and a Funeral: Ritual Inscriptions’ Affordances for Mourning and Moral Personhood in Vietnam. American Ethnologist (2018)

ethnographymourningritualdeath studiesethnographic theoryanthropologyasian studiesculturecultural anthropologysocial anthropologycultural analysis

Universalism Without Uniformity: Explorations in Mind Culture. Julia L. Cassaniti and Usha Menon, Eds., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017, 317 Pp.. Medical Anthropology Quarterly (2018)

humanitiessocial philosophycultural analysiscultural changecultural theoryjulia l. cassanitihuman naturecritical theoryusha menonculturephilosophyapplied philosophychicago presscultural studies

Beyond the Clinic? Eluding a Medical Diagnosis of Anorexia Through Narrative. Transcultural Psychiatry (2017)

psychological methodseating disorderspsychopathologynarrativemedical diagnosispsychodynamicpsychiatrypsychoanalysisnarrative and identitypsychoanalytic psychotherapyliteraturemedical ethics

From Virtue to Vice: Negotiating Anorexia by Richarda. O'connor and Pennyvanesteriknew York: Berghahn Books, 2015. 252 Pp.. American Anthropologist (2017)

Merav Shohet

ethnographynegotiating anorexiasocial sciencessociocultural anthropologyanthropologyculturecultural anthropologysocial anthropology

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Merav Shohet

Assistant Professor Anthropology

Boston University

Affiliations

College of Arts & Sciences

Anthropology

Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies

Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies

Jewish Studies

Merav Shohet is currently serving as an Anthropology Assistant Professor Anthropology at Boston University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Merav Shohet

Boston University

Assistant Professor Anthropology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Special Issue: Solo Living in Old Age: Shifting Dynamics of Sociality and Care. (2026)

A Life of Worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam's Age of Anxiety by Allentran, Berkeley: University of California Press. 2023. 196 Pp.. Medical Anthropology Quarterly (2024)

anxiety disorderscalifornia presspolitical sciencepoliticspsychological traumapolitical studiesmental healthpolitical psychologypsychologypolitical behaviorpolitical analysisforeign policy

Patients’ Perspectives on Race and the Use of Race-Based Algorithms in Clinical Decision-Making: A Qualitative Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine (2023)

Insa M. SchmidtMerav ShohetMariana SerranoPranav YadatiHanni Menn-JosephyTitilayo IloriNwamaka D. EneanyaEmily C. Cleveland ManchandaSushrut S. Waikar

medicineracerace-based algorithmsinvestigative studiesgeneral internal medicinequalitative studyhealth sciencesclinical decision-making

Silenced Resentments and Regrets: Aging in a Changing Kibbutz. American Anthropologist (2023)

ageinglongevityexperimental gerontologysociologycultural changesocial changeaging processpopulation agingsilenced resentments

Structural and Psychosocial Challenges Among Underserved Patients Receiving Hemodialysis During and Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. Kidney Medicine (2023)

REVIEW: Beyond the Asylum: Mental Illness in French Colonial Vietnam, by Claire E. Edington. Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2021)

Merav Shohet

east asian studiesmental healthdiaspora studiespsychiatrymental illness

Two Deaths and a Funeral: Ritual Inscriptions’ Affordances for Mourning and Moral Personhood in Vietnam. American Ethnologist (2018)

ethnographymourningritualdeath studiesethnographic theoryanthropologyasian studiesculturecultural anthropologysocial anthropologycultural analysis

Universalism Without Uniformity: Explorations in Mind Culture. Julia L. Cassaniti and Usha Menon, Eds., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017, 317 Pp.. Medical Anthropology Quarterly (2018)

humanitiessocial philosophycultural analysiscultural changecultural theoryjulia l. cassanitihuman naturecritical theoryusha menonculturephilosophyapplied philosophychicago presscultural studies

Beyond the Clinic? Eluding a Medical Diagnosis of Anorexia Through Narrative. Transcultural Psychiatry (2017)

psychological methodseating disorderspsychopathologynarrativemedical diagnosispsychodynamicpsychiatrypsychoanalysisnarrative and identitypsychoanalytic psychotherapyliteraturemedical ethics

From Virtue to Vice: Negotiating Anorexia by Richarda. O'connor and Pennyvanesteriknew York: Berghahn Books, 2015. 252 Pp.. American Anthropologist (2017)

Merav Shohet

ethnographynegotiating anorexiasocial sciencessociocultural anthropologyanthropologyculturecultural anthropologysocial anthropology

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