Position Title
Ph.D. Candidate
Education
- M.A., Sociology, UC Davis, 2021
- B.A., Religion and Sociology, Bowdoin College, 2017
About
Evan studies medicalization, disability, institutional work, social movements, and education. His Qualifying Paper research investigated the consequences of medicalization within the Paralympic movement. This paper was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association's Section on Disability in Society and the Leon Mayhew Prize for Best Qualifying Paper from UC Davis Sociology. Evan's dissertation research examines mechanisms of demedicalization, disability-based inequalities in educational attainment, and the college experiences of competitive intercollegiate wheelchair basketball student-athletes.
Research Focus
Medical Sociology, Disability, Institutional Work, Social Movements, Education, Theory, Qualitative Methods
Manuscripts
Under Review:
- "Double-Edged Medicine: Medicalization’s Mixed Consequences for Disabled Athletes throughout the Paralympic Games”
Current Projects
- "Engines of Demedicalization: From Rehabilitation to High-Performance Disability Sport"
- “Bachelor’s Degree Attainment by Disability Type”
- "Education Experiences of Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Student-Athletes"
- "Transitions to Adulthood Among Disabled Native and Foreign-Born Adults"
- "ADHD as Contested Illness: Media Critiques of Medicalization and Pharmaceuticalization"
Teaching
Associate Instructor:
- SOC 146: Sociology of Religion
Teaching Assistant:
- SOC 001: Introduction to Sociology
- SOC 100: Origins of Modern Sociological Theory
- SOC 122: Sociology of Adolescence
- SOC 124: Education and Inequality
- SOC 162: Culture, Society, and Health
- SOC 164: Health Policy
- SOC 185: Social Policy
Awards
- 2024 - Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award – American Sociological Association Section on Disability in Society
- 2024 - Dissertation Year Fellowship - UC Davis
- 2024 - Emerging Scholar Award - Sport & Society Research Network
- 2024 - Leon Mayhew Prize for Best Qualifying Paper - UC Davis Sociology
- 2024 - Travel Grant - UC Davis Sociology
- 2024 - Small Research Grant - UC Davis Sociology
- 2022 - Graduate Student Association Travel Award - UC Davis
- 2019 - Dean’s Distinguished Graduate Fellowship - UC Davis
- 2017 - Lydia Bell Award for Initiative in Public Service - Bowdoin College
- 2016 - Grua/O’Connell Research Award - Bowdoin College