Marian Lisa Katz
PhD, Sociology, UCLA (Expected Fall 2009);
MA, Sociology, UCLA;
MA, Asian Studies Education, NYU;
BA, East Asian Studies/Anthropology, NYU
Fax: 310-206-9838
E-mail:
mkatz@ucla.edu
Subfield
Health & Medicine; Language & Communication; Cultural Sociology; Qualitative and Mixed Methods; China & Chinese Immigration
Research Interests
Dissertation: American Chinese Medicine: Culture, Interaction, and the Construction of Patient-Centered Care
Publications
“Constructing the ‘Good Patient’ in Conventional and Unconventional Medical Settings: Roles, Relationships and Information Transfer.” 2000. Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 18:183-206.
“Social Challenges of Transition: Individual Narratives About the Impact of Transition on Self, Family, and Society.” 2000. University of California eScholarship Repository. http://repositories.cdlib.org/asia/eslictme/chntrans11.
“Migration and the diaspora communities.” With Lucie Cheng. Pp. 65-87 in Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific. R. Maidment and C. Mackerras, eds. London: Routledge. 1998.
“Details, Narratives, Interpretations, and History: The Cultural Revolution and Today’s China.” With Yibing Huang. Oral History Review 24/2 (Winter): 125-131. 1997.
Manuscript in Preparation:
“Illness narratives of pediatric pain: pharmaceuticals and the search for alternatives” (An analysis of in-depth interviews with children with chronic pain focusing on the children’s experiences, attitudes and plans regarding pharmaceutical use.)
Grants and Awards
LeRoy Neiman Center Graduate Student Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2001-2002
Title VI FLAS Fellowship, UCLA-USC Joint Center for East Asian Studies, 1997-98
Graduate Fellowship, Department of Sociology, UCLA, Fall Quarter 1997
Dissertation Research Grant, CIBER, Anderson School of Business and Management, UCLA, Summer 1997
Graduate Fellowship, Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA, 1994-1995
Summer Language Study Fellowship, Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA, Summer 1993
Advisors
Dissertation Chair:
John Heritage, PhD, Sociology, UCLA
Committee Members:
Robert Emerson, PhD, Sociology UCLA
Nicky Hart, PhD, Sociology, UCLA
Robin DiMatteo, PhD, Psychology, UCR
Kit Kat Hui, MD, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine
Conference Presentations
“Not Quite Doctors? Status Concerns of American Acupuncturists.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meetings. Portland, OR. April 11-13 2008.
“Salubrious Care: Beyond the Sick/Well Dichotomy?” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, New York, NY. August 2007
“Emotions as a Site for Communication, Connection and Innovation in American Chinese Medicine.” National Communication Association Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX. November 15-19, 2006.
“Some Observations About the Patient-Acupuncturist Relationship.” California Sociological Association 15th Annual Meeting, Riverside, CA. October 15-16, 2004.
“Boundary making and challenging in acupuncturists’ narratives” Global Localities: Theorizing Across Boundaries, History and Theory Conference, UC, Irvine. November 2-3, 2002.
“Social Challenges of Transition: Individual Narratives About the Impact of Transition on Self, Family and Society.” (12/28/00) UCLA Asia Institute. Issues in China's Transition to a Market Economy.
“Problems and Practices in Conventional and Unconventional Medical Settings: Doctor Relevance and Information Transfer.” PSA Meetings, Seattle, WA. March 1996.
“Gendered Resources, Gendered Rewards: Social Capital and Inequality in Urban China.” (Master’s thesis) ASA Annual Meetings, Los Angeles, CA. August 1994.
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