Katrina Karkazis

Katrina Karkazis
Karkazis at Schulich School of Law in 2018
Born1970 (1970)
NationalityAmerican, Greek
Alma materColumbia University
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology and bioethics
InstitutionsAmherst College, Stanford University, Honors Academy Brooklyn College, Emory University
ThesisBeyond treatment: mapping the connections among gender, genitals, and sexuality in recent controversies over intersexuality (2002)
Doctoral advisorCarole S. Vance
Other academic advisorsSherry B. Ortner, Shirley Lindenbaum, Lesley Sharp, E. Valentine Daniel
Websitekatrinakarkazis.com

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]

  1. ^ "Karkazis, Katrina Alicia, 1970-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Katrina Karkazis Anthropologist & Bioethicist". Katrina Karkazis. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  3. ^ Katrina Karkazis, PhD, MPH Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, Stanford University School of Medicine Center for Biomedical Ethics, 2013
  4. ^ About Archived 2013-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, Katrina Karkazis, retrieved 9 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Katrina Karkazis". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-25.