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Adia Benton

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Adia Benton
Born1977
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)anthropologist, professor
AwardsRachel Carson Award
Academic background
Education
Academic work
Disciplinemedical anthropology, science and technology studies
InstitutionsNorthwestern University

Adia Benton is an American cultural and medical anthropologist. She won the 2017 Rachel Carson Prize for her book HIV Exceptionalism: Development Through Disease in Sierra Leone[1] from the Society for Social Studies of Science. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University.[2]

References

  1. ^ Benton, Aida. HIV exceptionalism : development through disease in Sierra Leone. Minneapolis. ISBN 9781452943848. OCLC 903645936.
  2. ^ "4S Prizes | Society for Social Studies of Science". www.4sonline.org. Retrieved 2018-10-19.