stef m. shuster

stef m. shuster is an assistant professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. Their current research in gender, medicine, and feminist science and technology studies (FSTS) considers how evidence and expertise are constructed, mobilized, and weaponized, which is the subject of their book, Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender (NYU Press). In Trans Medicine, shuster traces the development of this medical field from the 1950s to modern medicine to show how providers create and use scientific and medical evidence and expertise to “treat” a gender identity and uphold their authority.