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Kate is a sociologist by training and is interested in medical and mental health sociology. She has published in a wide variety of sub-disciplines in sociology, including papers about dating and social meme theory, gender and cancer, mental health, culturally relevant teaching, and the history of medical technology. Her most recent publication appears in the journal "Cureus." She owns a small consulting business that focuses on helping early-career scholars who are either finishing their dissertations and their first publishing experience, or working with newly appointed assistant professors who are engaging in their first projects after their dissertation. She is the editor of a volume about medical technology and society. She also was a contributor to an open-access textbook series for undergraduates, and teaches sociology classes for undergraduates and graduate students ranging from Intro, to advanced courses in mental health sociology, gender, disability, and classical and mid-century sociological theory. She attended a small liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon for her undergraduate degree, and did all her requirements for her PhD at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and finished her dissertation at Portland State University in Portland.
Her current research interests take two forms. The first is an interest in medical technology and medical surveillance and the "correction" of deviant bodies. Secondly, she is interested in diagnostic creep and nosology, especially as it relates to Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. She also coauthors publications with her clients, so has had an opportunity to explore many fields far-flung from her own interests.
Current research areas:
Bipolar Disorder and the doctor-patient relationship
The phenomenology of psychosis
History of deaf technology
Advanced pharmacology technology
Recent scholarly activity:
Burrows, Kathryn. “The History and Present of Hearing Aid & Cochlear Implant Advertising” (Accepted-to be published in Advertising & Society Quarterly).
Burrows, Kathryn. Medical Technology and the Social: How Medical Technology is Impacting Social relations, Institutions, and Beliefs about what is Normal. (Accepted- editor of book volume).
Burrows, Kathryn. “Abilify MyCite and the Social Control of Digital Pills.” (Accepted- to be published in Medical Technology and the Social: How Medical Technology is Impacting Social relations, Institutions, and Beliefs about what is Normal”).
Burrows, Kathryn. “Psych Unit Gangs: An Autoethnography” (Revise and Resubmit at Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry).
Burrows, Kathryn. “Finding a Home in Independent Scholarship” (Under review at NCIS Guide for Independent Scholars).
Winniger, Michael et al. and Kathryn Burrows. “Efficacy and Safety of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in the Elderly (The I-70 Study) A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial” (Under review at Lancet).
Kutlucinar, Katrin, and Kathryn Burrows. “Consequences of Eliminating Prepubertal Bipolar Disorder as a Valid Diagnosis.” (Under review at Bipolar Disorders) (invited)
Burrows, Kathryn. “The Medicalization of Childhood: A Sociological Response to Pediatric Bipolar Disorder.”
Kutlucinar, Katrin and Kathryn Burrows. “Risk Factors and Prevention of Bipolar Disorder in At-Risk Youth and the Importance of Early Diagnosis”
Burrows, Kathryn. “The Experience of Patients on Abilify MyCite.”
Giannopoulos, Nadia, Serene D. Pifer and Kathryn Burrows. “Attract, Recruit, Retain: Creation of a Systemic Pipeline for Veteran Talent to Address Tennessee’s Current and Emergent Labor Shortages.”
Nykiel-Bailey, Sydney and Kathryn Burrows. “What roles do educators play in graduate medical education?”
Recent publications:
Kutlucinar, Katrin, and Kathryn Burrows. 2022. “Linking Scientific Research to the Bipolar Patient.” Bipolar Disorders. 24: 707-708
Burrows, Kathryn. 2022. “A Not-so Short History of Deaf Technology” London Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 22(15). (invited)
Burrows, Kathryn. 2022. “Who Feels OK? The Social Problem of Mental Illness.” In Social Problems: Inequality and Interdependence. Chemeketa Press.
Burrows, Kathryn. 2022. “Who Gets Well? Social Determinants of Health.” In Social Problems: Inequality and Interdependence. Chemeketa Press.
Hernandez, Awilda, and Kathryn Burrows. 2021. “Implementing Culturally Relevant Teaching in the Classroom.” Open Journal of Leadership 10, no. 4. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojl.2021.104020
Forthcoming research:
ARTICLES
Mitchell, Allison, Sydney Nykiel-Bailey, Kathryn Burrows, and Rachel W. Moquin. 2023. “Novel Anesthesiology Residency Intern Curriculum: Design Process and Steps to Implementation.” Cureus. doi:10.7759/cureus.
Burrows, Kathryn. 2022. “A Not-so Short History of Deaf Technology” London Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 22(15). (invited)
Hernandez, Awilda, and Kathryn Burrows. 2021. “Implementing Culturally Relevant Teaching in the Classroom.” Open Journal of Leadership 10, no. 4. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojl.2021.104020
Burrows, Kathryn. 2013. “Age Preferences in Dating Advertisements by Homosexuals and Heterosexuals: From Sociobiological to Sociological Explanations.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 42(2): 203-211.
Burrows, Kathryn. 2010. “Warriors and Survivors: Constructing the Gendered Cancer Patient as Hero.” Gender & Health. 8: 14-36
BOOK CHAPTERS
Burrows, Kathryn. 2023. “The Cochlear Implant Decision: How Parents Decide to Implant Their Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants.” In Social Factors, Health Care inequities and Vaccination (Research in the Sociology of Healthcare, Volume 40). Edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
Burrows, Kathryn. 2022. “Who Feels OK? The Social Problem of Mental Illness.” In Social Problems: Inequality and Interdependence. Chemeketa Press.
Burrows, Kathryn and Kimberly Puttman. 2022. “Who Gets Well? Social Determinants of Health.” In Social Problems: Inequality and Interdependence. Chemeketa Press.
Burrows, Kathryn. 2010. “What Epidemic? The Social Construction of Bipolar Epidemics.” In Advances in Medical Sociology: Understanding Emerging Epidemics: Social and Political Approaches, edited by Ananya Mukherjea. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
COMMENTARIES
Burrows, Kathryn, and Awilda Hernandez. 2023. “Social Death While Holding onto One’s Human Rights on New York City’s Streets” Journal of Urban Health. 10.1007/s11524-023-00761-8
Kutlucinar, Katrin, and Kathryn Burrows. 2022. “Linking Scientific Research to the Bipolar Patient.” Bipolar Disorders. 24: 707-708
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Burrows, Kathryn, and Allan Horwitz. 2014. “Bipolar Disorder.” In Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-Z Guide, edited by Andrew Scull and Geoffrey J. Golson. Los Angeles: Sage.
Other activities:
Director of Education and Networking,, Research & Conversations About Bipolar Disorder, Inc
In Our Own Voice Presenter, National Alliance for Mental Illness
Mental Health 101 Presenter, National Alliance for Mental Illness
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