Cindy Patton (born February 12, 1956) is an American sociologist and historian specializing in the history of the

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...

epidemic. A former faculty member at

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and

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

, she currently teaches at

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...

, where she held the Canada Research Chair in Community, Culture, and Health from 2003 to 2014. Her work has appeared in ''Criticism'', the ''Feminist Review'', and the ''International Review of Qualitative Research'', and she co-edited a special edition of ''

Cultural Studies Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...

'' on French sociologist

Pierre Bourdieu Pierre Bourdieu (; 1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist and public intellectual. Bourdieu's contributions to the sociology of education, the theory of sociology, and sociology of aesthetics have achieved wide influence i ...

. Patton is a graduate of

Appalachian State University Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...

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, and the

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. She received the

Stonewall Book Award The Stonewall Book Award is a set of three literary awards that annually recognize "exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience" in English-language books published in the U.S. They are sponsored by the Rainbo ...

in 1986 for her book ''Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS'', and was nominated for a

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in 1991 for ''Inventing AIDS''.

Bibliography

*''Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS'' (1985) *''Making It: A Woman's Guide to Sex in the Age of AIDS'' (1987) (with Janis Kelly) *''Inventing AIDS'' (1990) *''Women and AIDS'' (1993) *''Last Served?: Gendering the HIV Pandemic'' (1994) *''Fatal Advice: How Safe-Sex Education Went Wrong'' (1996) *''Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film'' (1997) *''Queer Diasporas'' (2000) (as editor with Benigno Sánchez-Eppler) *''Globalizing AIDS'' (2002) *''Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film'' (2007) *''Global Science/Women's Health'' (2008) (as editor with Helen Loshny) *''Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care'' (2010) (as editor) *''L.A. Plays Itself / Boys In The Sand : A Queer Film Classic (Queer Film Classics)'' (2014)

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