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Steven G Epstein

  • 1366 Citations
1987 …2019
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Education/Academic qualification

Sociology, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

… → 1993

Sociology, MA, University of California, Berkeley

… → 1987

Social Studies, AB, Harvard College

… → 1983

Research interests

  • Politics of knowledge
  • Sexuality studies
  • Sociology of biomedicine

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Grants 2012 2019

Dissertation Grant: Social Science's Use of Controlled Field Experiments

Epstein, S. G. & Rayzberg, M.

National Science Foundation

3/15/16 → 2/28/18

Project: Research project

earning a doctorate
grant
social science
development of world economy
experiment

Dissertation Grant: Medical Technologies and Social Identities

Epstein, S. G.

National Science Foundation

3/15/16 → 2/28/19

Project: Research project

medical technology
cosmetics
earning a doctorate
multicultural society
surgery

Assessing Evidence-Based Psychotherapy

Epstein, S. G.

National Science Foundation

8/1/15 → 7/31/17

Project: Research project

What do we know? Theoretical Issues in Social Epistemology

Cariani, F., Epstein, S. G., Goldberg, S. C., Lackey, J. & Wilensky, U.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

5/15/14 → 9/1/16

Project: Research project

epistemology
community
educational theory
knowledge production
educational practice

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Human Rights and the Warming World: Investigating the Use and Impact of Social Knowledge Claims in the Climate Debate

Epstein, S. G.

National Science Foundation

3/15/12 → 11/30/14

Project: Research project

Research Output 1987 2017

1 Citation (Scopus)

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

Reproductive Health
Retroviridae
Politics
Health Promotion
health promotion
7 Citations (Scopus)

The proliferation of sexual health: Diverse social problems and the legitimation of sexuality

Epstein, S. G. & Mamo, L., Sep 1 2017, In : Social Science and Medicine. 188, p. 176-190 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Social Problems
Reproductive Health
legitimation
Sexuality
proliferation
7 Citations (Scopus)

The politics of health mobilization in the United States: The promise and pitfalls of “disease constituencies”

Epstein, S. G., Sep 1 2016, In : Social Science and Medicine. 165, p. 246-254 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Politics
mobilization
Disease
politics
Health
10 Citations (Scopus)

‘For men arousal is orientation’: Bodily truthing, technosexual scripts, and the materialization of sexualities through the phallometric test

Waidzunas, T. & Epstein, S., Apr 28 2015, In : Social Studies of Science. 45, 2, p. 187-213 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

sexuality
technology studies
Czechoslovakia
scientific journal
science studies
22 Citations (Scopus)

Immigrant sexual citizenship: Intersectional templates among Mexican gay immigrants to the USA

Epstein, S. G. & Carrillo, H. G., Jan 1 2014, In : Citizenship Studies. 18, 3-4, p. 259-276 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

citizenship
immigrant
nation state
social status
sexuality