Zoe is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Indiana University. Her research focuses on medicalization, gender, and women’s health. Her dissertation explores women’s use of culture to understand birth control methods that affect menstruation. She finds that women actively limit the cultural power of medical knowledge and rely heavily on experiential knowledge when making medical decisions. Zoe has worked as an Associate Instructor in the Department of Sociology, Project Manager at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Statistical Intern at the U.S. Census Bureau, and Economic Research Assistant at the Indiana Business Research Center. Zoe has also earned master’s degrees in sociology and applied statistics from IU and holds a bachelor’s degree in statistics and sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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