Teaching Fellows

Paula Martin

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences Martin, Paula

Area of Study

Department of Comparative Human Development

Paula Martin

Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences

Paula Martin (she/they) is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Department of Comparative Human Development and with the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Martin works across the fields of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, gender studies and youth studies, investigating how gendered medical practices shape the ways that young peoples' futures are imagined and enacted.  

Her current book project, "Practicing Gender," is an ethnographic study of clinical practices of affirming gender care for youth in the United States. They also hold a degree in social work from the University of Chicago, and is a current member of the collaborative leadership team behind Swarm Artist Residency. They teach courses in medical anthropology, transgender and gender studies, and science and technology studies. 

Learn more about Martin here.