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Education

• BA, University of Calgary
• MA, University of British Columbia
• PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison

I am a sociologist broadly interested in science, health, stigma, and gender. My research on science demonstrates how we stigmatize scientific claims and use science to stigmatize. My book with Oxford University Press examines how some facts, methods, or scientists are ruled out – or disqualified – from science. My research on health considers how social isolation impacts health, as well as how changes in science and technology impact how we define health and treat illnesses. My research on gender focuses on misogynistic online communities, explaining how these communities harm both women and men. I am particularly interested in how these groups legitimate misogyny, and how they use science to advance misogynistic claims. My research is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. My articles have more than 250,000 views/downloads and I have discussed my findings in many media outlets, including NBC News, Salon, Newsweek, CTV, CBC, and The Globe and Mail. Ìý

Selected Publications:

Halpin, M. (Forthcoming). Disqualified: The Stigmatization of Knowledge, Oxford University Press.

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