Juanne Nancarrow Clarke is a professor emeritus from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University. She earned her PhD from the University of Waterloo, and taught at Laurier for many years. 

As a medical sociologist, Dr. Clarke has spent her career exploring the social forces influencing the health of individuals and the public health system overall. The main focus of her research has been on the medicalization and biomedicalization of everyday life. She has been especially interested in the media portrayal of mental and physical health issues over time, across place, and as directed towards audience groups differing by social category. 

 Her current research and writing utilizes an applied research lens, critically examining topics such as gender and medicalization, pharmaceuticalization, medical error, the wellbeing of refugees, and experiences of refugee sponsorship groups in Canada. 

 Juanne currently lives in Toronto, Canada where she spends the majority of her time researching, writing, and spending time with her two daughters and grandchildren. Juanne is active in the community in many different ways and venues.