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Katrina Karkazis is Professor of Sexuality, Women’s, and Gender Studies at Amherst College and Senior Research Fellow at Yale University's Global Health Justice Partnership. Previously, she held positions at Stanford University, Brooklyn College (CUNY) as Carol Zicklin Chair, and Emory University as Visiting Professor.
She holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology and MPH from Columbia University, and a BA from Occidental College.
Her research examines the intersection of science, medicine, and social constructs of gender/sexuality. Key areas include: medical treatment of intersex individuals; testosterone's sociocultural dimensions; gender verification in elite sports; and bioethical frameworks for bodily autonomy. She integrates anthropological methods with public health and critical theory.
Honors include:
- Guggenheim Fellowship & ACLS Research Fellowship
- Gold Medal (Independent Publisher Book Awards)
- Lambda Literary Award Finalist & Margaret Mead Award Nominee
- Multiple NSF/Wenner-Gren Foundation grants
She contributes to international policy, including UN Human Rights reports and CAS testimonies challenging athletic gender regulations. Her public scholarship appears in The New York Times, The Guardian, and New York Review of Books.
