Ieva Jusionyte
Ieva Jusionyte, Ph.D., EMT-P is a Lithuanian-born legal and medical anthropologist at Brown University. She holds the Watson Family University Professorship in Security Studies and directs the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown's Watson School of International and Public Affairs. She has worked as an emergency responder and is a certified EMT-paramedic.
In 2025 Jusionyte was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her scholarship exploring themes of politics, ethics and justice in border regions. Her 2024 book, Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border won the Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America, PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences, and R.R Hawkins Award from the Association of American Publishers.
In 2025 Jusionyte was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her scholarship exploring themes of politics, ethics and justice in border regions. Her 2024 book, Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border won the Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America, PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences, and R.R Hawkins Award from the Association of American Publishers.
