Christine Labuski

Christine Labuski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech, with a joint appointment in Women’s and Gender Studies. She serves as Associate Director of the ASPECT program, focusing on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of gender, science, and environmental justice.

• Academic Affiliations: Virginia Tech (Science, Technology, and Society), Women’s and Gender Studies, ASPECT Program
• Key Research Areas: Medicalization of sexualities, feminist energy systems, queer ecologies, and gender dimensions of fossil fuel economies

Her publications and research projects emphasize critical interrogations of how bodily experiences and environmental systems are gendered, evidenced by awards like the Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award in Environmental Sociology (2021) and the Claire Goldberg Moses Award (2013). Labuski’s teaching spans ecofeminisms, gender in science and technology, and sexual medicine, earning her multiple teaching accolades including the Diggs Teaching Scholar Award.

• Teaching Honors: Diggs Teaching Scholar Award, Certificate of Teaching Excellence, E. Gordon Ericksen Award
• Research Honors: SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize, Schnaiberg Award (2021), Claire Goldberg Moses Award (2013)

Current projects include editing The Ethnographic Case (2023), which explores ethnographic methodologies in addressing social and environmental challenges from sexual violence to contaminant exposure.