Clare C. Jen
Dr. Clare Jen holds a joint appointment in the Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Program and the Department of Biology at 九色视频. She previously served as elected co-chair of the Science & Technology Taskforce of the National Women鈥檚 Studies Association (NWSA), and as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Women鈥檚 Studies at University of Maryland-College Park.
The interdisciplinarity of her work is of relevance to women鈥檚 and gender studies, critical race and ethnic studies (specifically Asian American Studies), and feminist studies of science, technology, and health. Methodologically, she qualitatively analyzes visual and written texts鈥攑rimarily news media, popular science and health media, and government and academic publications鈥攁s representational and constitutive of phenomena.
Besides teaching the introductory course and advising senior research in women鈥檚 and gender studies, she teaches feminist methodologies, feminist 鈥減ractices鈥 in the biological sciences, and feminist studies of science, technology and society. In the Department of Biology, she teaches an introductory biology course, with a weekly laboratory component, that couples and melds the epistemologies, methodologies, and methods of both disciplines.
Learning & Teaching
- BIO105/WGST254 Menstruation Studies: Biology, Health, and Justice
- BIOL110/WGST110 Biology and Politics of Women鈥檚 Health
- WGST110/QS290 Issues in Feminism
- WGST290 Feminist Science Studies
- WGST310 Feminist Research Methods
- WGST350/QS268 Feminist Health Politics
- WGST451/WGST452 Senior Research
- AC101 Advising Circle
Research
Works
Jen, Clare. 鈥淎lternative Dissection Stories: Storying Ethnographic Moments in More-than-human Laboratory Worlds鈥 (Under Review)
Jen, Clare. [Updated for Third Edition] 鈥淥ppositional Scientific Praxis: The 鈥淒o鈥 and 鈥淒oing鈥 of #CRISPRbabies and DIY Hormone Biohacking.鈥 Chapter in Introduction to Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches, Third Ed., eds. L. Ayu Saraswati, Barbara Shaw and Heather Rellihan. Oxford University Press, 202X. [Accepted; In Press]
Jen, Clare. 鈥淢ore than Cyborgs: Metaphors for Living, Surviving, and Gathering鈥 Feminist Studies: An Introductory Reader, eds. Hemangini Gupta, Kelly Sharron, Carly Thomsen, and Abraham Weil. Routledge. [Accepted; In Press]
Jen, Clare. 鈥淥ur Pandemic Conditions,鈥 Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review, No. 245 (Special Issue on Pandemics), ed. Danielle Wong, 20-26. University of British Columbia-Vancouver, November 2021.
Jen, Clare. 鈥淥ppositional Scientific Praxis: The 鈥淒o鈥 and 鈥淒oing鈥 of #CRISPRbabies and DIY Hormone Biohacking.鈥 Chapter in Introduction to Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches, Second Ed., eds. L.Ayu Saraswati, Barbara Shaw and Heather Rellihan, 465-470. Oxford University Press, 2021.
Jen, Clare. 鈥淔eminist Hacktivisms: Countering Technophilia and Fictional Promises.鈥 Chapter in Introduction to Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches, eds. L.Ayu Saraswati, Barbara Shaw and Heather Rellihan, 475-480. Oxford University Press, 2018.
Jen, Clare. 鈥淒o-It-Yourself Biology, Garage Biology, and Kitchen Science: A Feminist Analysis of Bio-Making Narratives.鈥 Chapter in Knowing New Biotechnologies: Social Aspects of Technological Convergence, eds. Eugenia Rodrigues and Matthias Wienroth, 125-141. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Genomics Network Series. Routledge: New York, 2015.
Jen, Clare. 鈥淔eminist Technoscience Activism: A Double-Stranded Reading of Dr. Bodnar鈥檚 Ig Nobel Striptease.鈥 Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging Knowledge, Issue 26 (2014): n. pag. Web.
Jen, Clare. 鈥淗ow to Survive Contagion, Disease and Disaster: 鈥楳asked Asian/American Woman鈥 as Low-Tech Specter of Emergency Preparedness.鈥 Feminist Formations 25, no. 2 (2013): 107-128.
Jen, Clare. 鈥淭he Possibilities of Asian American Citizenship: A Critical Race and Gender Analysis.鈥 Ethnic Studies Review 34, nos. 1&2 (2011): 157-183.
Book Review
Jen, Clare. Book Review. Ghost Stories for Darwin: The Science of Variation and the Politics of Diversity, by Banu Subramaniam. Asian Biotechnology Development Review 17, no. 1 (2015): 63-68. 鈥
Published Abstract
Yannoni, C., Gwira, J.A., Koelsch, E.M., Jen, C., Mederios, L.A., Wolfson, A.J., Kolodny, N.H. and Allen, M.M. 2001. 鈥淐omparison of the Effects of Nitrogen Repletion on the Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. Strains 308 and 6803.鈥 Abstracts of the American Society for Microbiology 101st Meeting, 423.
Service
Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Women鈥檚 Studies (AJWS), 2023-26.
Advisory and Review Board Member for NSF-STS Grant #2146851, 鈥淚nterdisciplinary Approaches to the Biological in Conversation with Basic Biology Textbooks through a Critical STS Lens,鈥 May 2022-April 2025. PIs: Sara Giordano (Kennesaw State University) and Angela Willey (UMass Amherst).
National Women鈥檚 Studies Association (NWSA): Proposal Review Committee; Program Administration and Development Committee; Feminists in Science and Technology Studies Task Force (elected co-chair); Travel and Membership Grants Awards Committee
Contributor, Thank you, Corky Lee: The Unofficial Photographer Laureate of Asian Americans Photography Exhibit, curated by Sojin Kim, Phil Tajitsu Nash, David Uy, and David Yao. Chinese American Museum Washington, DC (CAMDC), July 20, 2023 to April 13, 2024. Available:
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
The Association for Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies,
Metaphysics and Science Studies (FEMMSS)
Other
Doctoral Graduate Award, American Association of University Women (AAUW)-College Park, MD, 2009.
Dissertation Fellowship, Consortium for Race, Gender and Ethnicity, University of Maryland College Park, 2007-2008.
Evie Beck Research Prize Award, Department of Women鈥檚 Studies, University of Maryland-College Park, 2006.
- Emma Goss, 鈥淧lacenta Stories: A Feminist Interdisciplinary Inquiry鈥 (Spring 2024, WGST452, Primary Research Advisor)
- Zora Whitfield, 鈥淗ow Can the Reproductive Justice Movement be more Innovative in its Efforts to Fight Reproductive Oppression?鈥 (Spring 2024, WGST452, Primary Research Advisor in the Spring, with Dr. Isis Nusair as Primary Research Advisor in the Fall)
- Mila Taffe, 鈥淶ip Codes & Genetic Codes: A visual ethnography highlighting the relationship between place and health outcomes for women residing in the Linden area of Columbus, Ohio鈥 (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, INTD451/452, Co-Research Advisor with Dr. John Davis (ANTH))
- Maren McIlvaine-Newsad, 鈥淎lcoholism in its True Nature: The Cause and Effect of Marketing Failures and Successes on Women and Underaged Youth鈥 (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, INTD451/452, Co-Research Advisor with Dr. John Davis (ANTH))
- Bailey Roberts, 鈥淏lack Women in Economics: An Analysis of Representation in Economics in U.S. Academia鈥 (Fall 2023, WGST451, Secondary Reader; Dr. Zarrina Juraqulova served as Primary Senior Research Advisor)
- Mikey Rose, 鈥淭he Education on the Relationship Between LGBT+, Neurodivergence, and Disability鈥 (Fall 2023, WGST451, Primary Project Advisor)
- Mia Olsen, 鈥淕rowing Up in the Digital Age: An Analysis of Online Violence Against Women鈥 (Fall 2023, WGST451, Secondary Project Advisor; Dr. Amanda Gunn served as Primary Project Advisor)
- Jisoo Kim, 鈥嬧嬧淎n Intersectional Analysis of Emotional Display Rules in Interpersonal Settings: The Impact of Gender, Race, and Appearance鈥 (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, WGST, Secondary Reader; Dr. Sarah Hutson-Comeaux served as Primary Research Advisor)
- Joan Do-Truong, 鈥淐ultivating Remembrance, Resiliency and Reformation: A Call for an Asian American Feminist Studies Course to be Implemented at 九色视频,鈥 (Spring 2023, WGST, Co-Research Advisor with Dr. Min Ji Kang)
- Olivia Walters, 鈥淚nterning at the Licking County Health Department: A Feminist Health Analysis鈥 (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Diana Garcia Villagomez, 鈥淩eproductive Pains: Silence, Loss, and Hope鈥 (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Anjana Chhetri, 鈥淚 am not allowed to cook or practice religious or cultural activities鈥: The Study of Religious and Cultural Menstrual Practices through Feminist Lens鈥 (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Abigail Lutz, 鈥淕endered Upbringings: How College Students Recount Gendered Aspects of Childhood鈥 (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Zoe Loitz, 鈥淓mbodied Experiences and Analysis of 九色视频 Accessibility鈥 (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Maddie McKenney-Lydick, 鈥淏eyond Accessibility: Utilizing Disability Pedagogy to Reimagine the Classroom鈥 (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Jessica Leeds Richman, 鈥淔eminist Scientific and Medical Research Surrounding Women鈥檚 Chronic Pain and Illness鈥 (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, WGST, Primary Research Advisor))
- Dana Phillips, 鈥淩esisting Respectability: Zines as Discursive Sites of Liberatory Queer Deviance鈥 (Spring 2020 secondary reader, WGST; Dr. Hanne Blank as Primary Research Advisor)
- Samantha Cortez, 鈥淢ore Than Participants: Examining the Legislative Impact of Congresswomen from 1992 and 2012鈥 (Spring 2019, WGST, secondary reader; Dr. Heather Pool as Primary Research Advisor)
- Kirsten Elmer, 鈥淲riting as Remedy: The Social and Political Connotations of the Female Body鈥 (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Audrey Vasquez, 鈥溾楳aking the Body鈥: An Analysis of Gendered Hormones,鈥 (2016-17, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Isabel Tumminello, 鈥淭he Sociology of Childbirth in the United States of America,鈥 (2016-17, ANSO, Secondary Reader; Dr. Anita Waters as Primary Research Advisor)
- Rachel Auerbach, 鈥淓cuadorian Women Rose Workers: A Feminist Analysis of Consent, Labor, and Chemical Exposure鈥 (2015-16, WGST/ENVS, Primary Research Advisor)
- Shakia Asamoah, 鈥淧inked Consciousness: The Ribbon Movement and Breast Cancer鈥 (2013-14, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Loan Nguyen, 鈥淪trong Women, Small Businesses鈥 (2013-14, WGST/ANSO, co-advised with Dr. Anita Waters)
- Gabriel Cunine, 鈥淭he Pregnant Boy鈥 (Spring 2014, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Marissa Lease, 鈥淔acebook vs. Fakebook: The Digital Formation of Teenage Girldom鈥 (2012-13, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Elise Schultz, 鈥淧lant(hood) Matters: Epistemology of Plant Sex/Gender Dimorphism鈥 (2011-12, WGST, co-advised with Dr. Andrew McCall (BIOL))
- Eva Rediker, 鈥淓volution and Sex: A Feminist Analysis of Behavior in the Animal Kingdom and its Social Construction in the Popular Press鈥 (2011-12, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
- Saira Tekelenburg, 鈥淓xploring Beauty Paradoxes: How Age, Industry, and Science Shape the Ideal鈥 (2012, WGST, secondary reader; Dr. Jill Gillespie as Primary Research Advisor)
- Donyea Moore, 鈥淭he Science of 鈥楪ood Skin鈥: A Feminist Analysis of 鈥楤eauty,鈥 Identity, and 鈥楬ealth鈥 in Biomedical and Popular Media Discourses鈥 (Spring 2011, WGST, Primary Research Advisor)
