Amanda Domingues

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Amanda Domingues , Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
she/her
LB Course Subject Area: Science and Society
Department of Anthropology

Lyman Briggs College, Holmes Hall, Room E-25C
East Lansing, MI 48825
United States

LBC Courses Taught

LB 492: Senior Seminar

Biography

Amanda Domingues is an assistant professor of science and society at Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Anthropology. Her research examines how scientists mobilize social justice and ethical principles and practices to engage with marginalized communities in the U.S. and in Latin America. She has worked with Indigenous populations, people with disabilities, and formerly incarcerated individuals working with archaeologists, biologists, and computer scientists. She teaches courses that explore how science and technology intersect with gender, race, class, and politics and policy. Dr. Domingues holds Ph.Ds. in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell University and in Political Science from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She also has a broad professional background within and beyond academia, having worked for public and private universities, foreign consulates, and private consulting firms. She is also very active in the Latin American STS community, having recently published a chapter in the book Latin American Breakthroughs in STS Theory.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, 2025, affiliated with Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
  • Ph.D. in Political Science, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2019
  • M.S. in Sociology and History of Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018
  • M.S. in Science and Technology Policy, State University of Campinas, Brazil, 2015
  • B.A. in International Relations and Social Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2010

Publications

  • 2025. Give Me the World and I Will Raise Laboratories: Veiled Provincialism and Geopolitics of Knowledge in Latin American STS. With Rogelio Scott-Insua. In: Invernizzi; N.; Rodriguez, L. (eds.). Latin American Breakthroughs in STS Theory, Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter link.
  • Kowal, E., & Domingues, A. (Eds.). (2025). Ghostly Lessons: A Forum on Haunting. Anthropological Theory. https://www.at-commons.com/pub/k3r17d8f
  • Barbosa, T. P., & Domingues, A. (2025). The Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods. Anthropological Theory. Article link on Anthropological Theories Commons website.
  • 2024. Governing bodies through water: turning boys into men and reducing bodies to biology, Men and Masculinities, vol. 27, n. 1, 81-99.
  • 2023. Drownproofed Bodies: The Cold War University and the Implicit Objectives of Science. Journal of the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, vol. 5, n. 1, 1-14.