Isono Maho

Cultural and medical anthropologist. Graduated from Waseda University in 1999 with a degree in sports science. After completing an MA in applied anthropology at Oregon State University, she returned to Waseda, earning her PhD. Was an associate professor at the International University of Health and Welfare prior to becoming a freelance writer and researcher in 2020. Publications include Iryōsha ga kataru kotae-naki sekai: Inochi no mamori-bito no jinruigaku (Health Workers Talk about a World With No Answers: An Anthropology of the Defenders of Life) and Naze futsū ni taberarenai no ka: kyoshoku to kashoku no bunka jinruigaku (Why Can’t You Eat Normally? The Anthropology of Eating Disorders).