This dissertation examines three cases of what I refer to as testimonial conditions, health conditions marked by the requirement of the patient to establish the validity of their illness through narrative, rather than ...

This study argues that while these communities are increasingly using the internet to communicate and organize, expertise that new members gain from the internet is not truly ‘valid;’ because expertise in these communities ...

This dissertation chronicles the rise of fertility preservation, an emerging subfield of medicine and a part of a multi-billion dollar a year industry. Fertility preservation is marketed to people who anticipate infertility ...

By examining the margins, I trouble the Maker Movement label, the people who hold sway over this categorization, and consider both proponents as well as dissenters from within and without its bounds. I question claims that ...

I seek to answer three questions about DIY biologists: how do they affirmatively refigure what it means to be a scientist; how do they differentially reproduce the contents and contexts of laboratories; and how do they ...