Brianna McKenna

Brianna McKenna

Graduate Student

Email: brmckenna@ucla.edu


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Degrees

  • BS Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (2019)
  • MA Sociology, UCLA (2022)

Fields of Study

Sociology of medicine and health; Disability studies; Conversation analysis, Computational methods

Awards & Grants

  • Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, 2020-24
  • Dr. Ursula Mandel Fellowship, 2022-23
  • Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, 2022
  • AbbVie Immunology Scholar, 2021
  • Summer Mentored Research Fellowship, 2021
  • Arthritis Foundation Arthritis Champion, 2020
  • Edwin H. Lewis Prize, 2019
  • Camras Scholar, 2015-19

Conference Presentations

  • Disability Language in Congressional Hearings, ASA Annual Meeting 2022

Advisors

Tanya Stivers, Steve Clayman