Dr. Friz is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric of Health and Medicine in the Department of Communication. She specializes in the rhetoric of health and medicine (RHM) and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Dr. Friz uses queer feminist theory to critique rhetorical-scientific constructions of women’s sexual health, broader public understanding of health and medical science, and vernacular bioethics. She is currently writing her first book, A New Materialist Critique for a Radical Politics of Pleasure, which proposes shifting the locus of feminist activism from liberal subjectivity toward a radically inclusive plurality as the basis for more equitable sexual relationships.
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Education
- BA, University of Utah
- MS, University of Utah
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Doctoral Minor, Science and Technology Studies
