Jessica Polzer, Western University
Associate Professor
Department of Women's Studies & Feminist Research
London, Ontario
jpolzer@uwo.ca
Office:
(519) 661-2111 ext. 81576
Bio/Research
Jessica Polzer's program of research focuses on the politics of women's health in the 21st century, with a specific focus on the intersection of discourses on gender, health risk, and biotechnology. Her current research projects include a critical discourse analysis of public media accounts of th...
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Bio/Research
Jessica Polzer's program of research focuses on the politics of women's health in the 21st century, with a specific focus on the intersection of discourses on gender, health risk, and biotechnology. Her current research projects include a critical discourse analysis of public media accounts of the HPV vaccine in English-speaking Canadian newspapers and health information materials.
Jessica's doctoral research explored how women with family histories of breast cancer experience their risks for breast cancer, and how these experiences are shaped by the process of predictive genetic testing. She has extensive experience designing and conducting qualitative health research, and her dissertation was awarded the Illinois Distinguished Qualitative Dissertation Award by the International Center for Qualitative Inquiry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006.
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Jessica's doctoral research explored how women with family histories of breast cancer experience their risks for breast cancer, and how these experiences are shaped by the process of predictive genetic testing. She has extensive experience designing and conducting qualitative health research, and her dissertation was awarded the Illinois Distinguished Qualitative Dissertation Award by the International Center for Qualitative Inquiry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006.
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