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Joseph Waggle

Research Assistant

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My interests lie primarily in the intersection between social stratification and medical sociology. Specifically, I am interested in the relationship between socially dictated notions of class and how these relate to attitudes toward medicine and access to health care. I am also interested by the production and commoditization of knowledge as it pertains to the field of medicine, and how this knowledge spreads and changes over time. While I respect the ability of quantitative methods to paint broad strokes, I believe that no picture of a society can be complete without the subtle coloration of qualitative methods in complement. It is for this reason that the bulk of my research experience has been in ethnography, interviews, and participant observation.

Education

In progress                   Ph.D.,  University of Maryland, College Park, Sociology

                                    M.A., University of Chicago

                                    B.A., University of California, Berkeley

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