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Associate Professor (by courtesy)

• Affiliation(s)

  • Associate Professor, Women's Studies
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Women's Studies Department
  • Associate Co-Chair, Disability Studies Initiative (UMInDS)
  • Affiliated Faculty, Science, Technology & Society Program

• Fields of Study

  • Theory
  • Public Law
  • Gender and Politics

• About

  Anna Kirkland is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and holds a courtesy appointment in Political Science.  Her research has focused on the interactions between identity categories, discrimination, and health. Primarily situated in the law and society tradition, Professor Kirkland also works within science studies, disability studies, and gender studies using theoretical and interpretive methods.

• Education

  • University of California, Ph.D. (Jurisprudence and Social Policy)
  • University of California, JD
  • University of Virginia, MA (Government and Foreign Affairs)
  • Davidson College, BA (Philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa)

• Awards

  • Class of 1923 Teaching Award from the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

• Selected Publications:

• Articles

  • (2012) The Legitimacy of Vaccine Critics, Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law
  • (2012) How Do I Bring Diversity?, Law & Society Review
  • (2011) The Environmental Account of Obesity, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society