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Professor Emerita of Sociology & Adjunct Professor Emerita of History of Health Sciences, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences University of California, San Francisco
Adele E. Clarke's research centers on social, cultural and historical studies of science, technology and medicine with emphases on biomedicalization and common medical technologies such as contraception and the Pap smear. She is the author of Disciplining Reproduction: American Life Scientists and the 'Problem of Sex' (University of California Press, 1998). She also co-edited a volume...
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine Director, Graduate Programs in History of Health Sciences Director, UC Medical Humanities Consortium University of California, San Francisco
Brian Dolan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at UCSF. He teaches graduate seminars on the history of medicine that cover topics including early-modern environmental health, medical epistemology, the rise of laboratory...
Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society
Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences University of California, San Francisco
Shim's research lies at the intersections of three major arenas within sociology: the sociology of health and illness, of science, technology,and medicine, and of racial, class, and gender inequality. She particularly interested in tracing the relationships between conceptions of risk, definitions of difference, the organization of biomedical science and clinical practice, and the social and cultural landscape. Shim uses social constructionist and symbolic...
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Riverside
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Elizabeth Watkins became Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at UC Riverside on May 1, 2021.
As Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, Watkins is the chief academic and operating officer for the campus, providing leadership to the entire academic enterprise, managing day-to-day operations of the university, overseeing resources allocation, and serving as a member of the campus leadership team. In the Chancellor's absence, the Provost serves as UCR's chief executive officer.
