This biographical article is written like a résumé. (December 2022) |
Katrina Karkazis | |
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Born | 1970 |
Nationality | American, Greek |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2016) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology and bioethics |
Institutions | Amherst College, Stanford University, Honors Academy Brooklyn College, Emory University |
Thesis | Beyond treatment: mapping the connections among gender, genitals, and sexuality in recent controversies over intersexuality (2002) |
Doctoral advisor | Carole S. Vance |
Other academic advisors | Sherry B. Ortner, Shirley Lindenbaum, Lesley Sharp, E. Valentine Daniel |
Website | katrinakarkazis |
Katrina Alicia Karkazis (born 1970)[1] is an American anthropologist and bioethicist. She is a professor of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. She was previously the Carol Zicklin Endowed Chair in the Honors Academy at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and a senior research fellow with the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale University.[2] She has written widely on testosterone, intersex issues, sex verification in sports, treatment practices, policy and lived experiences, and the interface between medicine and society.[3][4] In 2016, she was jointly awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship with Rebecca Jordan-Young.[5]