Hilary Thurston
Hilary Thurston
PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate
Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies
Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies
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About My clinical background in mental health and addictions services informs my academic work at the intersection of theory and practice
About My clinical background in mental health and addictions services informs my academic work at the intersection of theory and practice
Interests Queer and Lesbian studies, Psychoanalytic Feminism, Feminist Technology Studies, Critical Data Studies, Feminist Affect Theory
Interests Queer and Lesbian studies, Psychoanalytic Feminism, Feminist Technology Studies, Critical Data Studies, Feminist Affect Theory
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Winter 2025
Book contracted with Fernwood Publishing: Neurosexism: Gender and the Politics of Knowledge, co-authored with Dr. Lindsey T. Thurston - adaptation of an article in Science for the People Magazine [article], Fall 2023 [book forthcoming 2026]
Chapter: “Same-sex Love: Socio-Historical and Feminist Perspectives", The Springer-Nature Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior [link]
Spring 2025
Guest Lecture: "Gender and Epistemology", PS287 Psychology of Gender, Dept. of Psychology, Wilfred Laurier University
Guest Lecture: "Introduction to Critical Data Studies", JSC 270: Data Science I, Dept. of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto. [slides]
Appointed as a Research Associate at Re-vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice, University of Guelph, under the supervision of Profs. Carla Rice (Canada Research Chair in Feminist Studies and Social Practice), and May Friedman (Professor in the School of Social Work, Toronto Metropolitan University)
Summer 2025
Pre-print: "When Algorithms Infer Gender: Revisiting Computational Phenotyping with Electronic Health Records Data" https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14150
Conference Talk: "Constant Craving: A Dialogic Analysis of Addiction Attribution Discourse in Feel Good", Sixth Biennial IABA Chapter of The Americas Conference, Cape May, New Jersey. [slides]
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