Asst Professor, Sociology
E-mail
natalie.boero@sjsu.edu
Additional Contact Information
Phone Number(s)
(408) 924-5345
Office Hours
Monday: 11:45-1:00pm, 2:45-3:45pm Wednesday: 11:45-12:15
Natalie Boero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at San Jose State University. She received her PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 2006 and A BA in Sociology from Linfield College in 1996. Her first book, Killer Fat: Media, Medicine and Morals in the American Obesity Epidemic is forthcoming from Rutgers University Press. The book is a sociological investigation of the development and significance of the American obesity epidemic
With Professor C.J. Pascoe she is currently co-authoring a book entitled Anas, Mias and Wannas: Identity and Community in a Pro-Ana Subculture. In it they examine online pro-eating disorder communities.