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Beth Gaines is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at USF. She earned her M.A. (USF, 2022) from the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and her B.A. (USF, 2020) from the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences with concentrations in WGSS and History. Her areas of research are gender/sexuality, embodiment, and medicine. Specifically, she is interested in how gender and sexuality impact the surgical decisions of breast cancer patients. When not studying or teaching, Beth is an avid runner who enjoys participating in marathons across the U.S.