Deborah Lynn Steinberg (7 October 1961 – 6 February 2017) was a British-based American academic, author, educator and sociologist.Deborah Lynn Steinberg obituary
Theguardian.com; accessed 17 August 2017. She was a Professor of Gender, Culture and Media Studies in the Department of

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at the

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. Steinberg was born and brought up in

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, the daughter of Irwin Steinberg, a radiologist, and his wife, Maxine (née Beckerman) Steinberg, a lawyer. She had a BA in Women's Studies from the

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; an MA from the

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, and a

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. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, but was given the all clear in 2013. However, the disease returned the following year. She continued to work until incapacitated by the disease, and died in 2017, aged 55. She was survived by her partner, Gershon Silins, her parents, and her brother, David.

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Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (c1970-2000), academic and sociologist
papers at the National Archives 1961 births 2017 deaths University of California, Berkeley alumni Alumni of the University of Kent Alumni of the University of Birmingham Academics of the University of Warwick American expatriates in the United Kingdom American sociologists American women sociologists British sociologists Writers from Los Angeles Place of death missing Deaths from breast cancer People associated with The Institute for Cultural Research 21st-century American women {{US-sociologist-stub