Sociologists have made fundamental contributions to the study of race and health in the
United States. They have disrupted biological assumptions of race, uncovered individual …

Preconception health (PCH) focuses on taking steps before a pregnancy to safeguard the
health of the woman and future baby. Although recommendations to improve PCH target all …

Focusing on the controversial birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin, this article explores how
debates about the safety of these drugs have materialized in risk evaluations and the …

Academic help-seeking behaviour is an important learning strategy that helps students
succeed when they are unable to solve an academic problem on their own. Educational …

My dissertation addresses the intellectual, material, and social problem of how we deal with
a new landscape of fertility health that is populated with new, technological possibilities. In …

The international scientific organizations are increasingly recognizing the risks associated
with in utero exposure to chemicals and the essential role of health professionals in …

Family planning has been a cornerstone of American public health policy for decades
because of its potential to reduce unintended pregnancies, decrease related public …

The dissertation attends to the entanglement of toxicities at multiple temporal and spatial
scales from bodies to workplaces to homes to communities as well as across generations …

Fake news, crisis actors, and Facebook algorithms: The US is currently preoccupied with
how various social actors influence public perception of current events. These actors frame …

Clean-up at the Hanford Nuclear Complex is incredibly complicated and presents some of
the greatest technological challenges of any contaminated site. The relationship between …