Troy Duster is a professor of sociology at New York University in New York City who focuses on the sociology of science, the sociology of race and ethnicity, policy and deviance. Duster has written numerous books, including Backdoor to Eugenics (Routledge, 2003), and many articles on race, genetics, genomics and eugenics, including “The Hidden Eugenic Potential of Germ-Line Interventions” in Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003) and “Buried Alive: The Concept of Race in Science” in Genetic Nature/Culture: Anthropology and Science Beyond the Two-Culture Divide (University of California Press, 2003).
| Website | http://sociology.fas.nyu.edu/object/troyduster |
| Email address | troy.duster@nyu.edu |
| Phone number | 212-998-8882 |
| Categories | Bioethics, education, Health care, Medical ethics, Race & ethnicity, Science & health, Society & culture |
| Locations | United States of America |
| Languages | English |