STUDENTS | Thelma Wang

Thelma Wang

thelmaw@mit.edu

Current Research Areas: anthropology of biology, pharmaceuticals, and the body; feminist, queer, and trans science and technology studies

Thelma Wang (she/they) is a Ph.D. student at HASTS. Her research interests are in medical anthropology, feminist science studies, and queer and trans theories. Broadly, she looks at the knowledge, practices, politics, and aesthetics of sex/gender/sexuality in biology, medicine, and healthcare. Her most recent projects focus on the collective experiments and bio-sociality of trans* and gender-diverse people in China and the Chinese diaspora. She has published articles in Transgender Studies Quarterly and Social Science & Medicine.

 

Visit Thelma’s personal website to learn more about her work: thelmawang.com