Cassandra CrawfordPh.D. University of California, San Francisco
Scholarly Interests: Dr. Crawford’s research lies at the intersection of: 1) the sociology of health and illness, 2) science, technology and medicine studies, 3) and the sociology of the body. Specifically, her areas of research interest include: the modernization of dismemberment and prosthetic technological innovation; historical (psychological and medical) and contemporary (biomedical) constructions of Phantom Limb; qualitative research methods; contemporary social theories of embodiment; and gender/masculinity/feminist studies.
Recent Courses Taught: Sociology of Gender, Social Inequality, Classical Social Theory
E-mail: ccrawford@niu.edu
Phone: 815-753-1657
Office: Zulauf 806
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