Amy Braksmajer

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Bailey Hall 244
585-245-6201
abraksmajer@geneseo.edu

Amy Braksmajer joined the Geneseo faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2019 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology.

Professor Braksmajer is the director of the Geneseo SEX[Ed] program 

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Amy Braksmajer

Geneseo SEX[Ed]

Office Hours

  • Monday & Wednesday 12:30 - 2:00pm

     

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 2013 Ph. D. in Sociology, Stony Brook University

  • 2003 M.P.H. (Concentration: Sociomedical Sciences), Columbia University

  • 2000 B.S. in Applied Social Sciences, Binghamton University

Publications

  • Braksmajer, Amy, and Andrew London. 2022a. “What Do Epidemic History and Sexual Minority Men’s
    Experiences of HIV and COVID-19 Teach Us About Pandemic Preparedness?” Syracuse
    University, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion Research Brief #61.

  • Braksmajer, Amy, Rachel Kalish, and Jennifer Katz. 2022b. “The Scarlet V: How Women with
    Dyspareunia Negotiate Postfeminist Discourses of Sexual Agency.” Culture, Health & Sexuality 1–
    16.

  • Braksmajer, Amy, and Andrew S. London. 2021a. “It’s History in the Making All around Us”: Examining
    COVID-19 through the Lenses of HIV and Epidemic History.” Culture, Health, and Sexuality
    23(11):1500–1515.

  • Braksmajer, Amy, and Robert Cserni. 2021b. “‘It’s Just a Matter of Playing the Odds’: Navigating Risks
    Associated with Sexual Behaviour in the COVID-19 Era.” Sociology of Health & Illness 43(9):2085–
    2101.

Interests

  • Gender
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Health
  • HIV prevention
  • Medicalization
  • Social construction of risk behaviors

Classes

  • SOCL 213: Sociology of Medicine

    Presents social and cultural factors influencing health and illness. Looks at the roles of health care professionals, patients, and medical settings in our society. Discusses the relationships between the current health care system and the political and economic systems.

  • SOCL 476: Topic:Sociology of Sexualities

    This course may be taken to meet the senior capstone requirement in Sociology. It is an intensive study of a topic in sociology not covered in depth in other courses, or alter-natively, an attempt to integrate two or more paradigms or converging perspectives in the field to be studied. Students are expected to produce a research paper and present findings.