As you can see below, most of my work is collaborative. If you have an academic, advocacy, or creative project you want to work on together, send me a message! You can also keep up with my ongoing academic projects on Research Gate.
Forthcoming Work
- Peláez, María José, Kai River Blevins, and Joel C. Kuipers. “There are Ghosts in this Machine: AI Anonymization and the Identification of Self.” In Press at Society for Linguistic Anthropology Blog.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Blevins, Kai River and Colleen Small. 2024. “Mycoremediation’s Material Imaginaries: Neoliberal Rationality in the Fungal Turn.” interconnections: journal of posthumanism 3(2):94–115.
- Neitzke-Spruill, Logan, Caroline S. Beit, Jill Oliver Robinson, Kai River Blevins, Joel M. Reynolds, Nicholas G. Evans, and Amy Lynn McGuire. 2024. “A Transformative Trip? Experiences of Psychedelic Use.” Neuroethics 17:33.
- Blevins, Kai River. 2023. “Psychedelics, Embodiment, and Intersubjectivity.” Journal of Psychedelic Studies 7(S1):40–47.
- Chavez, Margeaux Alana, Kai River Blevins, Christopher Brown, Angela J. Giles, Monica M. Matthieu, Marete Wester, Jacquelyn Heuer, et al. 2022. “The Future of Veteran Community Engagement: Perspectives on Engaging Veterans and Other Stakeholders in Research Agenda Setting.” Journal of Veterans Studies 8(2):21–35.
- Blevins, Kai River and Andy Blevins. 2021. “Advocating for Minority Veterans in the United States: Principles for Equitable Public Policy.” Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health 7(s1):136–142.
- Blevins, Kai River. 2018. “I’m on the Wrong Track Baby, I Was Made This Way: How Cisnormativity and Gender Essentialism Discipline the Transition Processes of Transgender Individuals.” Social Justice and Equity Law Journal 1(1):148–181.
Scholarly Commentaries & Essays
- Blevins, Kai River. 2025. “Power in the Pragmatic View.” American Journal of Bioethics 25(4):90–92.
- Blevins, Kai River. 2025. “Caring about Hype: Psychedelic Science and Hope for a Better World.” Backchannels.
- Blevins, Kai River. 2025. “Psychedelic Ethics Beside Institutions.” American Journal of Bioethics 25(1):65–67.
- Blevins, Kai River. 2020. “The Poetics of Internet Memes,” The Geek Anthropologist Blog.
- Barcelos, Chris, Anne Marie Champagne, Zander Keig, and Kai River Blevins. 2017. “Advancing Trans Studies: A Compendium of Resources.” Sociologists for Trans Justice Committee, American Sociological Association.