Adele E. Clarke, PhD
Professor of Sociology, Adjunct Professor of History of Health Sciences
My primary research and creative areas are historical and contemporary sociology of biomedical sciences and technologies (especially reproductive sciences and contraceptive technologies), biomedicalization studies, qualitative research methodologies, and feminist women's health and technoscience studies.
Department:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Current Areas of Teaching:
- Symbolic Interactionism and Poststructuralisms
- Gender, Race, Postcoloniality & Technoscience
- Science, Technology and Medicine Studies
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Gender and Health
Professional Activities:
- Co-Editor, BioSocieties: Interdisciplinary Journal for Social Studies of Life Sciences
- Editorial Board, East Asian Science, Technology & Society: An International Journal
- Advisory Board, Symbolic Interaction
- Editorial Advisor, Social Studies of Science
Selected Honors and Awards:
| 2009 | Overall Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF School of Nursing |
| 2006 | Charles Horton Cooley Distinguished Book Award for Situational Analysis from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction |
| 2002 | Feminist Mentor Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction |
| 2000 | Ludwik Fleck Distinguished Book Award for Disciplining Reproduction from the Society for Social Studies of Science |
| 1999 | Eileen Basker Distinguished Book Award for Disciplining Reproduction from the Society for Medical Anthroplogy, American Anthropological Association |
Selected Publications:
- Clarke AE, Mamo L, Fosket JR, Fishman JR, Shim JK. (Eds.) (2010). Biomedicalization: Technoscience, health, and illness in the U.S. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
- Clarke AE. (Co-Editor of special issue). (2008). Introduction: Gender and reproductive technologies in East Asia. East Asian Science, Technology, and Society: An International Journal (EASTS), 2(3), 303-326.
- Morse JM, Stern PN, Corbin J, Bowers B, Charmaz K, Clarke AE. (2008). Developing grounded theory: The second generation. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
- Clarke AE, Star SL. (2007). The social worlds framework as a theory-methods package. In EJ Hackett, O Amsterdamska, M Lynch & J Wajcman (Eds.), The handbook of science and technology studies (pp. 113-137). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Clarke AE. (2005). Situational analysis: Grounded theory after the postmodern turn. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Contact Info
Office Phone:
415-476-0694
Office Fax:
415-476-6552
Office Address:
3333 California Street, LHts-455
San Francisco, CA
94143-0612