Sociology Colloquium with Dr. stef shuster
Date: Fri. April 7th, 2023, 10:30 am-12:00 pmLocation: Mandel Center, Room 115
Please join us for the Sociology Colloquium with Dr. stef shuster on April 7, 2023 at 10:30 AM in the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center, Room 115. They will deliver their talk titled “Managing Uncertain Expertise in Trans Medicine.”
stef m. shuster is an assistant professor in Lyman Briggs College and Sociology at Michigan State University. Their current research in gender and medicine considers how evidence is constructed, mobilized, and weaponized, which is the subject of their book, Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender (NYU Press). In Trans Medicine, shuster traces the development of this medical field from the 1950s to modern medicine to show how providers create and use scientific and medical evidence to quell uncertainty, “treat” a gender identity, and uphold their authority.