Rebecca Jordan-Young
Biographic Data
| ID | 375324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Jordan-Young |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Jordan-Young |
| SIGNATURE | JORDAN-YOUNG R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Barnard College, New York, NY, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coalition-Making and the Practice of Feminist STS in the time of Covid-19
In this lab meeting, six feminist scholars who engage with the sciences from various perspectives and have been collaborating over the last decade as members of the NeuroGenderings Network, share a sustained discussion on the responsibilities of a feminist scientist—particularly in light of our current moment. In a time when ongoing acts of anti-Black racism and police brutality have converged with a global pandemic and anti-science movements, we…
Sensing Race as a Ghost Variable in Science, Technology, and Medicine
Ghost variables are variables in program languages that do not correspond to physical entities. This special issue, based on a panel on “Race as a Ghost Variable” at the 2017 Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, traces ideas of “race” in particular niches of science, technology, and medicine where it is submerged and disavowed, yet wields power. Each paper is a case study exploring ghosts that emerge through the resonance among t…
Out of Bounds? A Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes
In May 2011, more than a decade after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) abandoned sex testing, they devised new policies in response to the IAAF's treatment of Caster Semenya, the South African runner whose sex was challenged because of her spectacular win and powerful physique that fueled an international frenzy questioning her sex and legitimacy to compete as female. Thes…
Tools for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in Health and Medicine
Tools for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in Health and Medicine Rebecca Jordan-Young (bio) Katrina Karkazis's Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008 Jennifer Brier's Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009 Teaching the gender and sexual politics of medicine, I sometimes struggle to find material that fits the nee…
Sensing Race as a Ghost Variable in Science, Technology, and Medicine
Ghost variables are variables in program languages that do not correspond to physical entities. This special issue, based on a panel on “Race as a Ghost Variable” at the 2017 Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, traces ideas of “race” in particular niches of science, technology, and medicine where it is submerged and disavowed, yet wields power. Each paper is a case study exploring ghosts that emerge through the resonance among t…
Tools for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in Health and Medicine
Tools for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in Health and Medicine Rebecca Jordan-Young (bio) Katrina Karkazis's Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008 Jennifer Brier's Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009 Teaching the gender and sexual politics of medicine, I sometimes struggle to find material that fits the nee…
Out of Bounds? A Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes
In May 2011, more than a decade after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) abandoned sex testing, they devised new policies in response to the IAAF's treatment of Caster Semenya, the South African runner whose sex was challenged because of her spectacular win and powerful physique that fueled an international frenzy questioning her sex and legitimacy to compete as female. Thes…
Coalition-Making and the Practice of Feminist STS in the time of Covid-19
In this lab meeting, six feminist scholars who engage with the sciences from various perspectives and have been collaborating over the last decade as members of the NeuroGenderings Network, share a sustained discussion on the responsibilities of a feminist scientist—particularly in light of our current moment. In a time when ongoing acts of anti-Black racism and police brutality have converged with a global pandemic and anti-science movements, we…
Sensing Race as a Ghost Variable in Science, Technology, and Medicine
Ghost variables are variables in program languages that do not correspond to physical entities. This special issue, based on a panel on “Race as a Ghost Variable” at the 2017 Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, traces ideas of “race” in particular niches of science, technology, and medicine where it is submerged and disavowed, yet wields power. Each paper is a case study exploring ghosts that emerge through the resonance among t…
Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Politics (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Appeal (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Art (1 works)