About
Bailey Otter is a first-year PhD student in Sociology at the University of Michigan, a predoctoral trainee at the Population Studies Center, and a Rackham Merit Fellow. Bailey’s research examines how nonbinary people (individuals whose gender identities exist beyond the man/woman binary) construct, express, and negotiate their identities throughout the life course. These inquiries live at the intersection of gender, health, family, embodiment, and aging.
Their publishable paper will utilize in-depth interviews and focus groups with nonbinary individuals over the age of 50 to explore what it means to age beyond the man/woman binary. In another line of research, they are working with Dr. Daniel Bartholomay on a paper centered on experiences of, responses to, and impacts of nonbinary gender identity erasure within various social institutions.
Before grad school, Bailey received their BA in Sociology from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. In undergrad, they were a McNair Scholar and did research on nonbinary joy. They are a proud first-generation college student and would love to connect with prospective graduate students over email or Zoom.
