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Carla A. Pfeffer

Professor | Department Chair

Berkey Hall, 317

(517) 353-6790

cpfeffer@msu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Website

Center for Gender in Global Context

Area of Expertise

Health Medicine and the BodyRace Class Gender and Sexuality

Biography

Carla A. Pfeffer completed her PhD in Sociology, Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, and MSW in Social Policy and Evaluation at the University of Michigan, where she received interdisciplinary, multi-method training in the social sciences and humanities. In previous faculty positions, she served as Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina and as inaugural Director of the Consortium for Sexual and Gender Minority Health At Michigan State Universi

Education

PhD, University of Michigan, 2009

Publications

Hines, Sally, White, Francis R., Pearce, Ruth, Pfeffer, Carla A., & Riggs, Damien W. (forthcoming). “Embodied Experiences of Trans Pregnancy.” Body & Society.

Pearce, Ruth, Pfeffer, Carla A., Riggs, Damien W., Hines, Sally, and White, Francis Ray. (forthcoming). “Understanding and Preventing Domestic Violence Against Trans People: Insights from a Study with Trans Birth Parents.” Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies.

**Sheppard, Anna, Mann, Emily S., & Pfeffer, Carla A. (forthcoming). “‘Your Brain Isn’t All Backwards’: Asexual Young Women’s Narratives of Sexual Healthism.” The Qualitative Report.

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