Katie McIntyre (PhD 2019) is an Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham Southern College.

Research Interests: Medical sociology, Drug use and abuse, Medicalization, Health care organization, HIV/AIDS

Education:

• BS, Kennesaw State University, Medical Sociology, minor in Gerontology
• MA, University of West Georgia, Sociology
  Thesis: "Define as Disability: An Institutional Ethnography of Disability Determination for People with HIV/AIDS."
• Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Medical Sociology
  Dissertation: "Transition into Adulthood: Cannabis Use and Mental Health."

Honors/Awards:

• William T. Simons Awards for Outstanding Graduate Student, 2013
• Disability Determination Small Grant Program, 2012

Courses Taught:

• Popular Culture
• Technology and Society
• Introduction to Sociology
• Perspectives in Sociology: Social Issues