Cindy Patton (born February 12, 1956) is an American sociologist and historian specializing in the history of theAIDS epidemic. A former faculty member atTemple University andEmory University,[1] she currently teaches atSimon Fraser University, where she held the Canada Research Chair in Community, Culture, and Health from 2003 to 2014.[2] Her work has appeared inCriticism, theFeminist Review, and theInternational Review of Qualitative Research,[3] and she co-edited a special edition ofCultural Studies on French sociologistPierre Bourdieu.[4]
Patton is a graduate ofAppalachian State University,Harvard University, and theUniversity of Massachusetts.[2] She received theStonewall Book Award in 1986 for her bookSex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS,[5] and was nominated for aLambda Literary Award in 1991 forInventing AIDS.[6]
