Discipline(s):
Sociology, Public Health
Area(s) of Expertise:
Sociology of Health and Illness, Science and Technology Studies, Sociology of the Body, Bioethics, Qualitative Research Methods
E-Mail:
sshostak@brandeis.edu
Background:
Sara Shostak is a sociologist whose research centers on the relationships between science, medicine, subjectivity and social order. She completed her Ph.D. in sociology at UC San Francisco; she also holds a M.P.H. from UC Los Angeles. Her dissertation was a qualitative and ethnographic study of the emergence of genetic/genomic practices within the environmental health sciences, their implications for professional and popular understandings of the concept of “risk,” and their applications in environmental health regulation and policymaking. As a Health & Society Scholar, Dr. Shostak has focused on the social, ethical, and political dimensions of genetics/genomics in the context of population health. Her current research examines genetics/genomics from the perspectives of people in families affected by epilepsy and mental illnesses, their health care providers, and their broader social networks.
Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Sara Shostak's available publications in PubMed.
