Kelsey Ichikawa

Research Interests: Anthropology of science; history of psychiatry; history of the human sciences; museum studies; Queer science studies; science & technology studies; social theory.

Kelsey is a PhD student in History of Science at Harvard, with an interest in the intersections of surveillance, carcerality, computing, and care infrastructures. In her past lives, she worked as the lab manager for the GenderSci Lab, led community initiatives in San Jose Japantown, and conducted laboratory research in neuroscience. She also enjoys reading and writing science fiction and poetry.

Publications:

Zhao H, DiMarco M, Ichikawa K, et al. (2023) Making a ‘sex-difference fact’: Ambien dosing at the interface of policy, regulation, women’s health, and biology. Social Studies of Science 53(4). SAGE Publications Ltd: 475–494.

Presentations:

“Big Data, Precision Medicine, and Sex/Gender: From “Desirable Bias” to Binary Sex Essentialism.” Data Power Conference, September 2024.

Previous Degrees:

A.B. Harvard College, Neurobiology and Philosophy