Gender/Sex Conceptualization

One focus of my research has been on expanding and adding nuance to our conceptualizations of gender and sex, as well as their entanglement. This research challenges our current approaches to studying gender and sex not only in anthropology, but more broadly across disciplines.

Publicly Accessible Presentations & Engagement:

Arizona State University; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Colloquium Series: Gender/Sex Diversity: Binary gender/sex as a social determinant of health. Dec 2022

Invited Discussant as Fellow with the Institute of Advanced Studies, University Loughborough & RADAR Artists Presents Photo Exhibition: What Makes This Image Trans?

Book Review: van Anders, S. M., & DuBois, L. Z. (2022). Book Review: Sex is as sex does: Governing transgender identity by Currah, P. Psychology of Women Quarterly 47 (1). https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843221133793

Relevant Publications:

Brewis, A., DuBois, L. Z., Wutich, A., Adams, E. A., Dickin, S., Elliott, S. J., Empinotti, V. L., Harris, L. M., Ilboudo Nébié, E., & Korzenevica, M. (2024). Gender identities, water insecurity, and risk: Re‐theorizing the connections for a gender‐inclusive toolkit for water insecurity research. WIREs Water11(2), e1685. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1685

DuBois, L. Z., Puckett, J. A., & Langer, S. j. (2022). Development of the Gender Embodiment Scale: Trans Masculine Spectrum. Transgender Health, 7(4), 287–291. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2020.0088

DuBois, L. Z., & Shattuck-Heidorn, H. (2021). Challenging the binary: Gender/sex and the bio-logics of normalcy. American Journal of Human Biology, 33(5), e23623. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23623

DuBois, L. Z., Gibb, J. K., Juster, R.-P., & Powers, S. I. (2021). Biocultural approaches to transgender and gender diverse experience and health: Integrating biomarkers and advancing gender/sex research. American Journal of Human Biology, 33(1), e23555. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23555

Gibb, J. K., DuBois, L. Z., Williams, S., McKerracher, L., Juster, R.-P., & Fields, J. (2020). Sexual and gender minority health vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 health crisis. American Journal of Human Biology, 32(5), e23499. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23499