Tania M. Jenkins, PhD, is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in medical sociology, medical education, and mental health. She authored the award-recognized book 'Doctors’ Orders' (2020, Columbia University Press) and received the 2024 Southern Sociological Society’s Junior Scholar Award. Jenkins' research focuses on professional status hierarchies and physician distress, contributing significant empirical and theoretical insights to medical sociology.

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