Biography
Shannon K. Carter is Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Florida. Her research areas are sociology of reproduction, social inequalities, and sociology of health and medicine.
Dr. Carter’s research examines social inequalities in reproductive health and healthcare access and utilization. Her work investigates the discursive production of healthcare subjects and the processes that shape health practices and healthcare engagement. Her work is published in journals such as Journal of Health & Social Behavior, Gender & Society, Sociology of Race & Ethnicity, Sociology of Health & Illness, Journal of Human Lactation, and The Journal of Pediatrics. She is author of Sharing Milk: Intimacy, Materiality, and Bio-Communities of Practice with Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster.
Research Interests
- Reproduction
- Social Inequalities
- Sociology of Health & Medicine
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