Lecturer, Sociology
"BPhoto (Griffith); BSocSc (Sociol.) (hons.); PhD (QUT)"
| Contact Campus | Newnham Campus |
| Building | Arts Building |
| Room Reference | L231 |
| Telephone | +61 3 6324 3545 |
| Fax | +61 3 6324 3970 |
| Peta.Cook@utas.edu.au |
Peta Cook’s research interests centre on medical science and technologies, particularly those which are controversial and pose challenges to human embodiment, identity and ontology, and the nation-state. As a result, her research traverses science and technology studies; health, medicine and illness; globalisation; and tourism. Peta’s current work includes an examination of sociocultural assessments of and reactions to xenotransplantation (animal-to-human transplantation), the sociology of cancer, and health and medical tourism.
Peta is also currently serving on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Sociology.