Kristin Barker
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
New Mexico State University
Mexico
Biography
Department of Sociology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 (505) 277-5657 kbarker@unm.edu EDUCATION 1993 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dissertation: Birthing and Bureaucratic Women: Gender, Professionalization and the Construction of Medical Needs, 1920-1935. Preliminary/Qualifying Examinations: Political Sociology (passed with distinction), Medical Sociology. Ph.D., Minor, History of Medicine 1987 M.S., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1985 B.S., Sociology and Gerontology, Summa cum Laude, Western Michigan University. EMPLOYMENT 2012-Present Associate Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico. 2012-Present Senior Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy, University of New Mexico. 2012-Present Faculty, Combined BA/MD Program, University of New Mexico. 2005- 2012 Associate Professor of Sociology, Oregon State University. 2003-2005 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Oregon State University. 1999-2003 Associate Professor of Sociology & Department Chair 1999-2000 and 2001-2003, Linfield College. 1998-1999 Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Reed College. 1993-1998 Assistant Professor of Sociology Linfield College. Kristin Barker AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Sociology of Health and Medicine; Sociology of Science and Knowledge; Professions; Gender and Feminist Theory; Document/Text Analysis.
Research Interest
Sociology of Health and Medicine , Gender , Science and Knowledge
Publications
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1998 Barker, Kristin. “A Ship upon a Stormy Sea: The Medicalization of Pregnancy.†Social Science and Medicine 47(8): 1067-1076.
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2002 Barker, Kristin. “Self-Help Literature and the Making of an Illness Identity: The Case of Fibromyalgia Syndrome.†Social Problems 49(3): 279-300.
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2003 Barker, Kristin. “Birthing and Bureaucratic Women: ‘Needs Talk’ and the Definitional Legacy of the Sheppard-Towner Act.†Feminist Studies 29(2): 333-355.
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2008 Barker, Kristin. “Electronic Support Groups, Patient-Consumers, and Medicalization: The Case of Contested Illness.†Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49(1): 20-36.
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2005 Barker, Kristin. The Fibromyalgia Story: Medical Authority and Women’s Worlds of Pain. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
