About Me

Sara Díaz holds a B.A in chemistry and Spanish language and literature from Whitman College. She worked for six years in the biotechnology industry as an engineer before pursuing her graduate studies at the University of Washington. In 2007, she earned her M.A. in the history of science and twentieth-century U.S. history. She is currently a doctoral candidate and teaching assistant in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies. Sara’s dissertation is a collection of historical case studies, framed by US third world feminist theories, which explore the association of the bodies women of color with nature as a metaphor against which the “scientist” is defined.  Her other scholarly interests include twentieth-century U.S. history, feminist research ethics, and the social studies of science with respect to race, gender, and sexuality.  Sara is an organizing member of the Women of Color Collective at UW.  She is also a member of the Sloan Social Science Research Group and the Feminist Research Ethics Colloquium.

In my free time I enjoy spending time with my partner, friends, family, and two dogs, preferably at the beach!  To maintain my sanity I casually practice yoga, play the guitar and sing (but only for myself), and I have recently become a pretty serious knitter.