Professional Summary
Hi! My name is Sarah (They/Them) and I am a 5th year PhD student in Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. I am a research assistant with the Ohio Policy Evaluation Network (OPEN) where I am currently working on a project that seeks to better understand Black women's experiences with reproductive health care.
I do qualitative research primarily in the realm of medical sociology and the body. Specifically, I seek to better understand the experiences of people with chronic illness, their interactions with medical providers, and how they navigate accessing the care they need. I am interested in their diagnostic journeys, development of cultural health capital, and how stigmas related to mental illness and body-size might shape these experiences.
Sarah Bostic's CV
Education
Master of Humanities: Wright State University Dayton, Ohio, 2019 (Humanities with an emphasis on Gender and Sexuality)
Bachelor of Arts: Wright State University Dayton, Ohio, 2017 (Double Major, Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
Research and Practice Interests
Qualitative Interviewing
Medical Sociology
Patient/Provider Interactions
Gender and Sexuality
Fatness
Disability
Reproductive Justice
Positions and Work Experience
2019 -2020 Adjunct Instructor, Sociology, Clark State Community College, Springfield, OH
2019 -2020 Adjunct Instructor, Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2017 -2018 Graduate Assistant, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2020 -2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2021 - Graduate Research Assistant , Ohio Policy Evaluation Network (OPEN), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Publications
Published Abstracts
Bornstein M., Norris Turner A., Bostic S., Odum T., Rivlin, K., Bessett D. (2024) P022 - Differences in types of challenges experienced by sexual minority and heterosexual patients seeking abortion care. [Abstract]Contraception, 139 ,110558Co-Author
Peer Reviewed Publications
Odum, T., Bornstein, M., Norris-Turner, A., Gyuras, H., Rivlin, K., Bostic, S., McGhee, A., & Bessett, D. (2024). Prior knowledge of an experience with self-managed abortion among people seeking abortion care in US midwestern states. Contraception, 138
Book Chapter
Bostic, S. and Muzyczka, Z. (2024). Doing gender while fat. In Research handbook on sociology of gender. (pp. 113 -124). Edward Elgar Publishing (Co-Author)
Presentations
Lecture
Bostic, S. (04-03-2023. ) Different Types of Capital: Beyond Marx .University of Cincinnati. UC. Level:University
Paper Presentations
Bostic, S. (2024. ) Transforming Access: Black Patients Experience with Abortion Care, .Columbus, OH. Conference. Level:Prof. Org.
Bostic, S. (2022. ) Rejecting the Experts: White Working-Class Conceptualizations of Knowledge, .Indianapolis, IN. Conference. Level:Prof. Org.
Bostic, S. (2018. ) White, Working-Class Masculinity and Marginalization: How Anti- Intellectualism is Learned .State College, PA. Conference. Level:University
Bostic, S. (2018. ) White, Working-Class Masculinity and Marginalization (?): Social Reproduction of Anti-Intellectualism in the Age of Trump .Philadelphia, PA. Conference. Level:Prof. Org.
Courses Taught
-SOC-1001 INTRO SOCIOLOGY Level:Undergraduate
-SOC-2075 SOCIOLOGY FAMILY Level:Undergraduate
-SOC-2021 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER Level:Undergraduate
-WGS-2002 INTRO WGSS Level:Undergraduate
Contact Information
bosticsr@mail.uc.edu