I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Education and Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I am also the inaugural Dr. Georges Bordage Medical Education Faculty Scholar. I received my PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan and my BA from Swarthmore College, where I studied Sociology/Anthropology and Education. I was previously a visiting assistant professor of sociology at the New College of Florida.
I am broadly interested in social interaction, identity, education, science, organizations, and medicine. My research centers on gender and other forms of inequality in academic and clinical settings, particularly in the natural sciences and medicine. More recently, my work has examined the impact of identity on emotional and communication-related socialization of medical trainees. A study investigating this topic was recently funded by the National Board of Medical Examiners' (NBME) Edward J. Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund. My research has been funded by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the AAMC, and UIC's Chicago Area Study and has been been published in Medical Education, Social Science & Medicine, and JAMA Surgery, among other venues. I am also an Assistant Editor for Academic Medicine.
I am the associate program director for the Masters in Health Professions Education program at UIC, as well as the co-director of the Collaborative Doctoral (PhD) Program in Education - Curriculum Studies with a Focus in Health Professions Education. As part of both programs, I mentor and advise a number of student thesis projects, as well as teach a variety of courses. I also work in undergraduate and graduate medical education (i.e., with medical students and residents) on topics related to communication, identity, and research skills.
Finally, I am a founding member of the Sociologists for Health Professions Education, a group that aims to bridge disciplinary divides between health professions educators and sociologists.
I am broadly interested in social interaction, identity, education, science, organizations, and medicine. My research centers on gender and other forms of inequality in academic and clinical settings, particularly in the natural sciences and medicine. More recently, my work has examined the impact of identity on emotional and communication-related socialization of medical trainees. A study investigating this topic was recently funded by the National Board of Medical Examiners' (NBME) Edward J. Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund. My research has been funded by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the AAMC, and UIC's Chicago Area Study and has been been published in Medical Education, Social Science & Medicine, and JAMA Surgery, among other venues. I am also an Assistant Editor for Academic Medicine.
I am the associate program director for the Masters in Health Professions Education program at UIC, as well as the co-director of the Collaborative Doctoral (PhD) Program in Education - Curriculum Studies with a Focus in Health Professions Education. As part of both programs, I mentor and advise a number of student thesis projects, as well as teach a variety of courses. I also work in undergraduate and graduate medical education (i.e., with medical students and residents) on topics related to communication, identity, and research skills.
Finally, I am a founding member of the Sociologists for Health Professions Education, a group that aims to bridge disciplinary divides between health professions educators and sociologists.