TEACHING

I teach a variety of introductory and upper level classes on the sociology of health and illness, medicine and technology, race and sociological methods at Yale. Please contact me if you would like to see syllabi or reading lists. Here is a selection of some of the classes I have taught:

Sociology of Racial Knowledge (graduate seminar)

This course serves as an introduction to core ideas and texts in the sociology of knowledge and the sociology of race, considering how the social sciences have generated and applied knowledge about racial categories and racism as an empirical set of examples.

Race, Medicine, and Technology (undergraduate/graduate seminar)

This course examines the role of medicine and related technologies, old and new, in defining racial classification schemes and perpetuating racism in the U.S. and elsewhere. Introducing different approaches to the sociological study of technology, the course uses medical technologies as an entry point to exploring broader social and cultural structures and processes.

Health and Illness in Social Context (undergraduate lecture)

This course examines inequalities in health and illness in the U.S., with some coverage of international trends and topics. It analyzes how individual health and public health are shaped by social structures, political struggles, expert knowledge, and medical markets. Topics include the cultural and social meanings associated with health and illness; inequalities in health and health care access and provision; controversies surrounding healthcare, medical knowledge production, and medical decision-making; and the social institutions of the health care industry.

Methods of Inquiry (undergraduate seminar)

This course offers a general introduction to designing and conducting sociological research. It is a requirement for the sociology major, and no background in social research is assumed. Methods covered include interviewing, ethnography, comparative-historical analysis, multivariate statistical approaches, and experiments.

I have also run a few different workshop style courses, including the Senior Essay Colloquium for undergraduates writing non-intensive theses and the Comparative Research Workshop, a graduate training seminar and speaker series, and lectured in the Medical AI Certificate Program at the Yale School of Medicine.