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Laura M. Carpenter

Associate Professor of Sociology

Vanderbilt University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Science

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Sociology

Graduate School

Sociology

Laura M. Carpenter is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Science Associate Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University.

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Laura M. Carpenter

Vanderbilt University

Associate Professor of Sociology

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gender studies sociology sexual behavior human sexuality gendered sexuality sexual health social sciences feminist theory sex research sexual and reproductive health public health sexology gender theory sexual orientation feminist studies sex roles gender inequality male circumcision united states women's studies virginity loss narrative sociological research sexual consent feminist perspectives sex therapy medical sociology reproductive health feminist inquiry great britain social media demography social science research health systems american studies social epidemiology social medicine gender disparities sexual dysfunction intimate relationships adolescence contemporary united states hpv vaccine social anthropology qualitative sociology community health ageism breastfeeding adolescent psychology feminist research gender divide sexual satisfaction subjective experience physical women emotional men sexual partnering from virginity migration studies health law early childhood development early childhood gendered context historical sociology social theory biopolitics social gerontology later adulthood human lactation juvenile delinquency youth justice health reform human health conceptual framework low-income women life course perspective popular movies lgbt health sex education sexuality and disability gender identity

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Heterosexual Women's Pleasure Trajectories: How Aging Helps Undo Gendered Sexual Scripts. Sociological Forum (2025)

gendered sexualitysexual orientationageingsex therapysexuality and disabilitypsychologygender studieshomosexualitysexual scriptspleasure trajectoriesgender identitysexual behaviorhuman sexualitysexual healthheterosexual womenbehavioral sciences

Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (2024)

Laura M. Carpenter

sociologymedical sociologysocial sciences

Health Conditions Associated With Sexual Assault in a Large Hospital Population. medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2022)

Allison M. LakeSlavina B. GolevaLauren R. SamuelsLaura M. CarpenterLea K. Davis

public healthmedicinelaboratory medicinepatient safetyhospital medicinemental healthemergency medicinesexual assaultrespiratory medicineclinical epidemiologyhospital epidemiologyhealth conditionslarge hospital populationsexual healthwomen's health

Sex Differences in Health Conditions Associated With Sexual Assault in a Large Hospital Population. Complex Psychiatry (2022)

Allison M LakeSlavina B GolevaLauren R SamuelsLaura M CarpenterLea K Davis

public healthmental healthclinical populationspsychiatrysexual assaultrespiratory medicineclinical epidemiologyhospital epidemiologypsychiatric epidemiologylarge hospital populationhealth conditionshealth sciences

On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change. by Jade S. Sasser. New York: New York University Press, 2018. Pp. VII+189. $89.00 (Cloth); $27.00 (Paper).. American Journal of Sociology (2021)

Laura M. Carpenter

women's rightssocial sciencespopulation controlclimate changeinfertile ground

Review of on Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change. American Journal of Sociology (2021)

fertility policyreproductive medicinefertilityreproductive healthpublic policyclimate changegender studiespopulation controlreproductive ethicsdemographyinfertilitygender inequalitywomen's studiesinfertile ground

Review of the Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date. Gender & Society (2021)

feminist theorygendered sexualitysexual orientationfeminist studiessex rolesevolutionary psychologysexual selectionmating psychologysex differencesgender studiesgender inequalitygender developmentgender theorygender identitysexual behaviormating gamegender diversitybehavioral sciences

If You Prick Us: Masculinity and Circumcision Pain in the United States and Canada, 1960-2000. Gender & History (2020)

gendered sexualitymasculinitysex rolesamerican studiessexuality and disabilitygender studiesmen's studiesunited statesafrican american studiesgender theorygender identityfemale genital cuttingsexual behaviorcircumcision pain

If You Prick Us: Masculinity and Circumcision Pain in the United States and Canada, 1960–2000. Gender & History (2020)

Laura M. Carpenter

historyfeminist inquirysocial historycanadian studiesfeminist perspectivesgender identitygender studiesunited statesgender disparitiesgender theorygender inequalitycircumcision painfeminist theory

Health Care in Crisis: Hospitals, Nurses, and the Consequences of Policy Change. by Theresa Morris. New York: New York University Press, 2018. Pp. VII+241. $89.00 (Cloth); $28.00 (Paper).. American Journal of Sociology (2020)

Laura M. Carpenter

public healthemergency carehospital medicinehealth carepublic policycrisis managementhealth policy

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Laura M. Carpenter

Associate Professor of Sociology

Vanderbilt University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Science

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Sociology

Graduate School

Sociology

Laura M. Carpenter is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Science Associate Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Laura M. Carpenter

Vanderbilt University

Associate Professor of Sociology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Heterosexual Women's Pleasure Trajectories: How Aging Helps Undo Gendered Sexual Scripts. Sociological Forum (2025)

Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (2024)

Laura M. Carpenter

sociologymedical sociologysocial sciences

Health Conditions Associated With Sexual Assault in a Large Hospital Population. medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2022)

Allison M. LakeSlavina B. GolevaLauren R. SamuelsLaura M. CarpenterLea K. Davis

Sex Differences in Health Conditions Associated With Sexual Assault in a Large Hospital Population. Complex Psychiatry (2022)

Allison M LakeSlavina B GolevaLauren R SamuelsLaura M CarpenterLea K Davis

Laura M. Carpenter

women's rightssocial sciencespopulation controlclimate changeinfertile ground

Review of on Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change. American Journal of Sociology (2021)

Review of the Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date. Gender & Society (2021)

If You Prick Us: Masculinity and Circumcision Pain in the United States and Canada, 1960-2000. Gender & History (2020)

If You Prick Us: Masculinity and Circumcision Pain in the United States and Canada, 1960–2000. Gender & History (2020)

Laura M. Carpenter

historyfeminist inquirysocial historycanadian studiesfeminist perspectivesgender identitygender studiesunited statesgender disparitiesgender theorygender inequalitycircumcision painfeminist theory

Laura M. Carpenter

public healthemergency carehospital medicinehealth carepublic policycrisis managementhealth policy

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