Jaimie Morse

JaimieMorse2014@u.northwestern.edu
Advisor: Epstein & Heimer

Areas of Interest

Law and Society; Science and Technology Studies; Medical Sociology; Social Movements; Global Health; Gender and Sexuality

Current Research

Jaime received a BA in Political Science and Economics from UC Berkeley and an MA in Public Health from UCLA. She is a Science in Human Culture Interdisciplinary Cluster Fellow at Northwestern. Her research lies at the intersection of law, medicine, and science and technology studies. Under the supervision of Professor Steve Epstein, she is conducting research on the adoption and institutionalization of sexual assault medical forensic exams (commonly known as “rape kits”) in emergency medicine since the 1970s in the United States. She also works with Professor Carol Heimer as a Research Assistant at the American Bar Foundation as part of her NSF-funded comparative study of the role of law in medicine that is grounded in ethnographic work and interviews on the use of rules (broadly conceived) in HIV/AIDS clinics in the US, Uganda, South Africa, and Thailand.

Awards/Honors

2011, Robert F. Winch Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Second-Year Paper, Northwestern University Department of Sociology

2010-2011, MacArthur Foundation grant (through Northwestern) for research project entitled “Constructing the Case for Universal Treatment: AIDS, TB and Malaria” with Professor Carol Heimer

2009, Mellon Foundation Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Science Studies, Northwestern University

2009-2014, University Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University

2006, Member, Iota Chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health

2005, Drabkin Foundation International Internship Grant in Community Health Sciences

2005, UCLA Bixby Program in Population and Reproductive Health Internship Grant

2005, University of Michigan Population Fellows Program Graduate Applied Project Grant

1999-2000, Fulbright Fellowship, Field of Economic Development, Malawi, Central Africa

Relevant Links

Science in Human Culture Program
Link: http://www.shc.northwestern.edu/index.html

American Bar Foundation
Link: http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/index.html

William Henry Exum Award

The intent of this prize is to honor the memory of William Henry Exum, a member of the Department of Sociology and the African American Studies Department, who died in 1986 at the age of 37. Exum was concerned with the quality of writing and research analysis in student papers. He was also interested in racial problems facing minority youths in higher education. This award was established as a means of continuing his goals of breaking barriers for all minorities.

The award submission deadline is April 27, 2012. All interested students should submit a 15-20 page paper, typed and double-spaced, on a topic dealing with race and ethnicity. Students are not limited to a sociological approach in preparing their submissions, nor is the award limited to sociology or social science majors.

The paper should include a cover sheet with the student's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, year in school, and major.

Three copies of the essay must be submitted by the announced deadline to the Exum Award - Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Ave., Evanston Campus or one copy by email to sociol@northwestern.edu.

This award is open to all undergraduate students from all disciplines.

Upcoming Events

COLLOQUIUM: Myra Marx Ferree, Sociology, University of WI-Madison
May 17, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Culture and Society Workshop
May 17, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM