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I am a biocultural anthropologist working at the intersections of genomics and feminist, queer, and Indigenous Science and Technology Studies (STS). I completed my Ph.D. in 2017 at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the faculty at Mason, I completed a three year postdoctoral fellowsh...
The Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce its fall 2023 and spring 2024 cohorts. All were chosen to work on research projects related to CHR's 2023-24 annual theme, "Democracy, Disposability, and Repair."
Congratulations to all of our new faculty and graduate fellows! Learn more abou...
Heidi Y. Lawrence teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in professional writing and rhetoric. Her research focuses on the rhetorics of medical and scientific controversies, specifically public debates about vaccinations. She studies the role that professional communication produced by physicians...
Pamela W. Garner is Professor of Childhood Studies in the School of Integrative Studies and Human Development and Family Science at George Mason University. She conducts research on the social and emotional development of children from minoritized groups and studies the contributions of parents and t...
Lisa Eckenwiler, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University, where she teaches courses in bioethics and a range of topics in global health ethics. Her research centers broadly on vulnerability and structural health injustice, with special interests in mig...
Dr. Regan is a Professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. Prior to joining that faculty in 1989, she was a Senior Analyst in the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (1984-1989) and an Assistant Professor of Politics and Government at the Univ...
Jessica Hurley is assistant professor of English and affiliate faculty in Native American and Indigenous Studies, Cultural Studies, and Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University, where she teaches classes and supervises research in science fiction, multi-ethnic American, Indigenous, and wor...
Amy L. Best is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University, where she also serves as the director of the Center for Social Science Research. Her research focuses primarily on the study of social inequalities, with specific interest in how gender, ...
My research focuses on Black women’s maternal mental, perinatal, and behavioral health experiences and the intersectional racism contextualizing and driving these experiences. I engage directly with Black women and their advocates within the communities where they live, eat, play, and pray. I utilize...
Cortney Hughes Rinker is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Director of the Global Affairs program. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine with emphases in Feminist Studies and Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies. ...