The Revival of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

My most recent project examines a movement of scientists who are trying to bring back medical research with psychedelic drugs. Based on archival data, fieldwork, and interviews, I find that today’s psychedelic researchers narrate cautionary tales about past controversies to resolve a series of lingering legitimacy crises from an earlier failed era of psychedelic therapy. By linking the study of social movements to the study of expert systems, I offer new insights into how social actors generate transformations in expertise.

Giffort, Danielle. 2020. Acid Revival: The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Sweet, Paige, and Danielle Giffort. 2021. “The Bad Expert: Culture and Transformations in Expertise.” Social Studies of Science.

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Medical Education and Transgender Health

Underman, Kelly, Danielle Giffort, Laura Hirshfield, and Abbas Hyderi. 2016. “Transgender Health: A Standardized Patient Case for Advanced Clerkship Students.” MedEdPORTAL Publications 12: 10518.

Giffort, Danielle, and Kelly Underman. 2016. “The Relationship between Medical Education and Trans Health Disparities: A Call to Research.” Sociology Compass.

VanDyke, Melanie, and Danielle Giffort. 2017. “Who is the Danish Girl? A Portrayal of a Relationship in Transition and a Call for Appropriate Care.” PsycCRITIQUES 62(2).

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Girls’ Rock & Roll Camps

Giffort, Danielle. 2011. Show or Tell?: Implicit Feminism and Feminist Dilemmas at Girls’ Rock Camp. Gender & Society 25(5): 569-588. *2010 Midwest Sociological Society Graduate Student Paper Award, First Place

Schilt, Kristen, and Danielle Giffort. 2012. “‘Strong Riot Women’ and the Continuity of Feminist Subcultural Participation.” Pp. 146-158 in Ageing and Youth Cultures: Music, Style and Identity, edited by P. Hodkinson and A. Bennett. NY: Berg.