Cindy Patton (born February 12, 1956) is an American sociologist and historian specializing in the history of the AIDS epidemic. A former faculty member at Temple University and Emory University,[1] she currently teaches at Simon Fraser University, where she held the Canada Research Chair in Community, Culture, and Health from 2003 to 2014.[2] Her work has appeared in Criticism, the Feminist Review, and the International Review of Qualitative Research,[3] and she co-edited a special edition of Cultural Studies on French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu.[4]

Patton is a graduate of Appalachian State University, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts.[2] She received the Stonewall Book Award in 1986 for her book Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS,[5] and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 1991 for Inventing AIDS.[6]

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  1. ^ Treadaway, Dan (February 1997). "Patton named Emory's first lesbian/gay studies professor". Emory Report. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  2. ^ a b "Cindy Patton". Simon Fraser University. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  3. ^ "Author: Cindy Patton". JSTOR. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  4. ^ Honoring Eve Symposium (2010). "Cindy Patton". Boston University College of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  5. ^ "Stonewall Book Awards". American Library Association. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  6. ^ "3rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary Foundation. July 13, 1991. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
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