Barbara Katz Rothman Biography

Barbara Katz Rothman, (born 1948) is Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York and the author of numerous books. Her work is interdisciplinary and international; its scope encompasses medical sociology, childbirth and midwifery issues, bioethics, race, disability, food science, the sociology of knowledge and the interactions between these factors. She is the President Elect of the Eastern Sociological Society for the 2016 presidential term.