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Mary Nell Trautner Editor

Mary Nell Trautner is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona. She is currently working on a National Science Foundation-funded study of how families cope and make decisions about their child's birth injuries. Her research appears in Gender and Society, American Sociological Review, Law and Policy, and other outlets.