
Logan Neitzke-Spruill
Graduate Student
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
Logan Neitzke-Spruill is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the University of Delaware, specializing in the areas of sociological theory and the sociology of health and illness. His research explores a variety of drug issues in the United States, including how sociocultural phenomena shape drug experiences, disparities in drug overdose, the construction of scientific and medical knowledge about drugs, social control of drugs and people who use drugs, as well as how the study of drugs can advance sociological understandings of the relationships between culture, cognition, and the brain. His dissertation, called “Psychedelic Biomedicalization: Mainstreaming a 'Scientific Revolution," investigates the emergence of psychedelic science and examines how this movement has been shaped by processes of biomedicalization. His master's thesis, titled “Integrating the Ineffable: A Social-Phenomenological Analysis of the Psychedelic Experience," examines how social-psychological factors shape the experience and interpretation of psilocybin and LSD using psychedelic experience reports collected by Timothy Leary during Harvard Psilocybin Project. At the Center for Drug and Health Studies, he has worked on projects aimed at understanding and mitigating the impacts of the opioid epidemic in Delaware. His solo and co-authored work has appeared in Sociological Forum, Journal for Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Journal of Psychedelic Studies and Journal of Psychoactive Substances.
Areas of Interest
Addiction, Psychedelic Drug use, Drug Tourism, Cross Cultural-Uses of Drugs, Ethnography
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