Grants per year
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Research Interests
Professor Epstein studies the “politics of knowledge”—more specifically, the contested production of expert and especially biomedical knowledge, with an emphasis on the interplay of social movements, experts, and health institutions, and with a focus on the politics of sexuality, gender, and race.
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology, PhD, University of California at Berkeley
… → 1993
Sociology, MA, University of California at Berkeley
… → 1987
Social Studies, AB, Harvard University
… → 1983
Research interests keywords
- Politics of knowledge
- Sexuality studies
- Sociology of biomedicine
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Grants
- 5 Finished
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Dissertation Grant: Medical Technologies and Social Identities
3/15/16 → 2/28/19
Project: Research project
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Dissertation Grant: Social Science's Use of Controlled Field Experiments
Epstein, S. G. & Rayzberg, M.
3/15/16 → 2/28/18
Project: Research project
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What do we know? Theoretical Issues in Social Epistemology
Goldberg, S. C., Cariani, F., Epstein, S. G., Lackey, J. & Wilensky, U.
5/15/14 → 9/1/16
Project: Research project
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Cultivated co-production: Sexual health, human rights, and the revision of the ICD
Epstein, S., Oct 2021, In: Social Studies of Science. 51, 5, p. 657-682 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
From Medicine to Health: The Proliferation and Diversification of Cultural Authority
Epstein, S. & Timmermans, S., Sep 2021, In: Journal of health and social behavior. 62, 3, p. 240-254 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
13 Scopus citations -
The new sexual politics of cancer: Oncoviruses, disease prevention, and sexual health promotion oa
Mamo, L. & Epstein, S., Sep 1 2017, In: BioSocieties. 12, 3, p. 367-391 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
The proliferation of sexual health: Diverse social problems and the legitimation of sexuality
Epstein, S. & Mamo, L., Sep 2017, In: Social Science and Medicine. 188, p. 176-190 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
33 Scopus citations -
The politics of health mobilization in the United States: The promise and pitfalls of “disease constituencies”
Epstein, S., Sep 1 2016, In: Social Science and Medicine. 165, p. 246-254 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
24 Scopus citations