Katherine A. Mason Source Confirmed

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Associate Professor of Anthropology

John Brown University

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15 h-index 67 pubs 501 cited

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Biography and Research Information

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Katherine A. Mason is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at John Brown University whose work explores the intersection of health, medicine, and society. Her research encompasses diverse topics, including China's socioeconomic reforms, aging and elder care, and hermeneutics of narrative identity. Mason has examined the societal impact of COVID-19, particularly in relation to mental health, and she co-edited a special journal issue on journaling and mental health during the pandemic. Her scholarship also investigates public health responses to COVID-19 in China. Her book, "Infertile Environments: Epigenetic Toxicology and the Reproductive Health of Chinese Men" (2024) examines the impact of modernization on reproductive health.

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  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 67
  • Citations: 501

Selected Publications

  • ‘It’s not where we are, it’s who we’re near’: crisis and caring labor in the COVID narratives of middle-class white women in the United States (2025) DOI
  • Engaging Immigrant Women in Online Journaling as a Mode of Research and Psychosocial Support: Lessons Learned (2024) DOI
  • Infertile Environments: Epigenetic Toxicology and the Reproductive Health of Chinese Men (2024) DOI
  • “Our sacrifices were in vain” (2023) DOI

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