Victoria Pitts-Taylor Explained
| Victoria Pitts-Taylor |
| Birth Name: | Victoria Leigh Pitts |
| Alma Mater: | Brandeis University |
| Thesis Title: | Body strategies: signifying the body in subculture |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42748009 |
| Thesis Year: | 1999 |
| Main Interests: | Sociology, women's studies |
Victoria Pitts-Taylor (née Pitts)[1] is Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, Connecticut,[2] and also Professor of Science in Society and Sociology there. She was formerly a professor of sociology at Queens College[3] and the CUNY Graduate Center, New York,[4] and visiting fellow at the Centre for the Study of Social Difference, Columbia University, New York.[5] Pitts-Taylor is also former co-editor of the journal Women's Studies Quarterly.[6] She has won the Robert K. Merton Book Award from the section on Science, Knowledge and Technology of the American Sociological Association,[7] and the Feminist Philosophy of Science Prize from the Women's Caucus of the Philosophy of Science Association.[8]
Education
Pitts-Taylor gained her PhD in Sociology in 1999 from Brandeis University.
Publications
- Book: Pitts-Taylor, Victoria . In the flesh: the cultural politics of body modification . Palgrave Macmillan . New York . 2003 . 9780312293116 .
- Book: Pitts-Taylor, Victoria. Surgery junkies: wellness and pathology in cosmetic culture. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey. 2007. 9780813541624.
- Book: The cultural encyclopedia of the body, Vol. I and 2. Greenwood Press. 2008. 978-0313341458. Pitts-Taylor. Victoria. Westport, CT.
- Book: Mattering: feminism, science and materialism. New York University Press. 2016. 9781479845439. Pitts-Taylor. Victoria. New York.
- Book: Pitts-Taylor, Victoria . The brain's body: neuroscience and corporeal politics . Duke University Press . Durham . 2016 . 9780822361268 .
Notes and References
- Ph.D . Pitts . Victoria L. . 1999 . Body strategies: signifying the body in subculture . . 42748009.
- Web site: Victoria Pitts-Taylor . wesleyan.edu . . 23 August 2017.
- Web site: Victoria Pitts-Taylor . cuny.is . . 23 August 2017.
- Web site: Victoria Pitts-Taylor . centerforthehumanities.org . . 23 August 2017.
- Web site: Visiting fellows . socialdifference.columbia.edu . . 23 August 2017.
- Pitts-Taylor . Victoria . Schaffer . Talia . Editors' Note: Security, Safety, Safe . . 39 . 1–2 . 9 - 12 . . Spring–Summer 2011 . 10.1353/wsq.2011.0017 . 41290271 .
- News: Science, Knowledge, and Technology. American Sociological Association. 2018-07-06. en.
- Web site: Women's Caucus Home. Julien. Alec. womenscaucus.philsci.org. en-gb. 2018-07-06.
