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 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