stef shuster

In 2004 I graduated from Indiana University – Bloomington with a B.A. in Sociology. Over the last several years I have moved around the country, beginning my post-undergrad adventure in the Bay Area. In San Francisco I was employed as a phone interviewer and field researcher. Eventually, the Midwest called me home and I returned to Bloomington to work as a research assistant for a survey research organization.

Currently I am a first-year graduate student. My research interests include gender, sexuality, and social movements. I anticipate that future research will weave together these three areas - with a specific focus on the transgender social movement. I also am a photographer and would like to incorporate photography into my research. My secret passion (though not so secret anymore) is sociological theory and methodologies.

When I am not wearing my serious graduate student hat, you should be able to find me gardening, playing with my dog, banging around on a guitar or hand drums, writing really bad poetry, or escaping to the forest (does Iowa have those?) to hike.