Articles & Essays

HuffPost Personal. My family taught me to hide the truth about my brother. I wish they hadn't, 2024

The Brevity Blog. Turning the corner on confidence, 2023.

Newsweek. Palestinian militants hijacked my plane. I know the hostages' pain, 2023.

India:

Pathak, Gauri and Nichter, Mimi. Cleanups, confidence, and cosmetics: Marketing beauty in India. Journal of Consumer Culture, 1-21, 2018.

T.R. Yamini, Mark Nichter, Mimi Nichter, P. Sairu, S. Aswathy, K. Unnikrishan, et al. Developing a fully integrated tobacco curriculum in medical colleges in India.  BMC Medical Education, 15:90, 2015.

Mimi Nichter, P. Sreedevi, Mark Nichter, P. Sairu, S. Aswathy, A.S. Bindu, Pradeepkumar, KR Thankappan. Developing a smoke free homes initiative in Kerala, India. BMC Public Health, 2015, 15: 480.

Nichter, Mimi. The social life of yoga: Exploring transnational flows in India. In Beatrix Hauser (editor) Yoga Traveling: Bodily Practice in Transcultural Perspective. Germany; Springer Press, 2013.

Nichter, M., Nichter, Mimi, Padmawathi, S., & Thresia, C.U. Anthropological Contributions to the Development of Culturally Appropriate Tobacco Cessation Programs: A global health priority. In Anthropology and Public Health, R. Hahn & M. Inhorn (editors). Oxford University Press, 2009.

Indonesia:

Padmawati, Retna Siwi, Prabandari, Yayi Suryo, Istiyani, Tutik, Nichter, Mark and Nichter, Mimi. Establishing a community-based smoke-free homes movement in Indonesia. Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2018; 4 (November), 36.

Prabandari, Y.S., Nichter, Mimi, Nichter, M., R.S. Padmawathi, M. Muramoto. Laying the Groundwork for Tobacco Cessation Education in Medical Colleges in Indonesia. Education for Health, Sept-Dec 28(3): 169-75, 2015. 

Nichter, Mimi, Padmawathi, S., Prabhandari, Y., Ng, N, Nichter, Mark. Reading culture from tobacco advertisements in Indonesia. Tobacco Control, 2009; 18:98-107.

Turkey: 

Nichter, Mimi, Carkoglu, A. and Nichter, Mark. Engaging nurses in smoking cessation: Challenges and opportunities in Turkey. Health Policy,122:2, February 2018, 192-197.

Global/U.S.:

Taylor, Nicole & Nichter, Mimi. I Love My Body, But Hers is Better! Body Positivity and Social Media among College Women, Emerging Adulthood, Summer, 2024.

Nichter, Mimi. The Social Life of Vaping, New York University Press Blog, January 31, 2020.

Taylor, Nicole and Nichter, Mimi. Body Image: Supporting Healthy Ideas and Behaviors for a Diverse Student Population. In David Anderson (Editor), Wellness Issues for Higher Education (Volume 2), Routledge Press, 2017.

Amos, Amanda, Greaves, Lorraine, Nichter, Mimi. and Michelle Bloch. Women and tobacco: A call for including gender in tobacco control research, policy and practice. Tobacco Control 2012; 21: 236-243.