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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph (she/hers)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Office: 402 Lindquist Hall
Phone: (316) 978-7152
Fax: (316) 978-3281
Email: alyssa.lynne-joseph@wichita.edu
Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph (she/her pronouns) is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at 萝莉社 University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of medical sociology, gender and sexuality studies, and global and transnational sociology. She is currently working on a book manuscript entitled Global Transformations in Transgender Medicine: How Clinicians, Patients, and Activists Create Gender-Affirming Healthcare, which is under advance contract with New York University Press. This book draws on four years of research in Thailand, the U.S., and virtual spaces.
Dr. Lynne-Joseph recently began a new research project that analyzes media coverage of restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare for youth across U.S. states. Based on content analysis of state-level newspaper media, the project aims to deconstruct claims to expertise made by various social actors and examine how the messages conveyed shape public opinion on medicine and gender.
In previous research, she has argued for the contemporary relevance of W.E.B. Du Bois鈥� concept of 鈥渄ouble consciousness鈥� in sociology by analyzing how cisnormativity and colonialism affect processes of self-formation for Thai kathoey. In collaboration with Dr. Jillana Enteen, she has also studied how Thai transgender women establish healthcare models that integrate HIV-related care with trans-specific healthcare needs. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education (Foreign Language and Area Studies), and the Sexualities Project at Northwestern.
In addition to her research, Dr. Lynne-Joseph currently teaches introductory sociology courses and courses related to the social aspects of medicine, such as Medical Sociology and Health and Lifestyles. She has previously taught undergraduate courses for the International Studies program and the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University. Based on her own experiences as a first-generation college student, Dr. Lynne-Joseph strives to create an inclusive learning environment for all students.
Dr. Lynne-Joseph received her doctorate in Sociology, a certificate in Gender in Sexuality Studies, and a Searle certificate in Advanced Teaching & Learning from Northwestern University. You can learn more about Dr. Lynne-Joseph鈥檚 research and teaching and review her complete C.V. by visiting her .
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Lynne-Joseph, Alyssa. 2024. 鈥淪ameness Across Difference: A Postcolonial Feminist Analysis of Gender-Affirming Healthcare in Thailand and the U.S.鈥� Journal of Health and Social Behavior (OnlineFirst). Read-only version available .
Lynne-Joseph, Alyssa. 2024. 鈥淭he Reproduction of Knowledge Hierarchies in Transgender Medicine: Professional, Lay, and Global Expertise in Clinical Practice Guidelines.鈥� Social Science & Medicine. 321: 116712. Available .
Lynne-Joseph, Alyssa. 2023. 鈥溾�楢s a clinician, you have to be passionately involved鈥�: Advocacy and professional responsibility in gender-affirming healthcare.鈥� Social Science & Medicine 321 (2023): 115788. Available .
Lynne, Alyssa and Jillana B. Enteen. 2022. 鈥淭hai Trans Women鈥檚 Agency and the Destigmatisation of HIV-Related Care.鈥� Culture, Health & Sexuality. 24(9): 1153-1167. Available here.
Lynne, Alyssa. 2021. 鈥淧aired Double Consciousness: A Du Boisian Approach to Gender and Transnational Double Consciousness in Thai Kathoey 厂别濒蹿-贵辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍.鈥� Social Problems (68)2: 250鈥�266.
Effiom, Juan-Ita, Dominick Fields, Alyssa Lynne and Phoua Xiong. 2012. 鈥淎ttitudes Toward Work Flexibility Across Generations.鈥� Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research 2(1): 148鈥�164.
Published Op-Eds and Commentaries
Lynne-Joseph, Alyssa. 2024. "Ban on Gender-affirming Care for Kansas Kids Misrepresents Evidence, Likely to Cause Harm." Kansas Reflector, April 18.