Emily Rogers

Emily Rogers is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies at Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. Her work bridges disability studies, medical anthropology, and science, technology & society (STS). She examines how disabled and chronically ill individuals navigate medical systems when biomedical explanations fail.

Her research focuses on conditions like ME/CFS, exploring incomplete medicalization and patient activism. Her book manuscript 'Sick Work: Illness, Exhaustion, and the Making of ME/CFS' (under contract with Duke University Press) analyzes the social and political dimensions of contested diagnoses.

Recent publications include an article in Medical Anthropology Quarterly discussing patient activism in ME/CFS controversies. Her work critiques how medical uncertainty shapes lived experiences and institutional responses to chronic illness.