Adia Benton

Adia Benton is an American cultural and medical anthropologist whose research concerns how care is provided in humanitarian emergencies and development projects.[1] Benton is currently an Associate Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University.[1][2][3]

Adia Benton
Born1977 (age 44–45)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAnthropologist, Professor
AwardsRachel Carson Prize
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineMedical anthropology, science and technology studies
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Notable worksHIV Exceptionalism: Development Through Disease in Sierra Leone

Education and career

Adia Benton received a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology from Brown University in 1999. She completed a Master of Public Health degree at Emory University in 2001. Benton did her doctoral work at Harvard University, completing an A.M. and Ph.D. in Social Anthropology in 2007 and 2009.[4]

In 2014, while Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University,[5] Benton was interviewed and contributed to several articles and discussions on the topic of Ebola.[6]

Selected publications
  • "International Political Economy and the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak", African Studies Review 58:1 (April 2015), 223 - 236 (DOI)
  • HIV exceptionalism : development through disease in Sierra Leone, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1452943848.[7]
  • "Ebola at a Distance: A Pathographic Account of Anthropology's Relevance", Anthropological Quarterly (George Washington University Institute for Ethnographic Research) 90:2 (Spring 2017), 495 - 524 (DOI)
  • "MOURNING, SURVIVAL, AND TIME: Writing through Crisis." In Writing Anthropology: Essays on Craft and Commitment, edited by MCGRANAHAN CAROLE, 140–42. Durham; London: Duke University Press. 2020. ISBN 9781478009160.

Awards

In 2017, Benton won the Rachel Carson Prize for her book HIV Exceptionalism: Development Through Disease in Sierra Leone from the Society for Social Studies of Science.[8]

References
  1. "Adia Benton : Department of Anthropology - Northwestern University". anthropology.northwestern.edu. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. Sarraf, Isabelle (March 20, 2020). "NU researcher Adia Benton talks COVID-19, "flattening the curve"". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. Zirin, Dave (March 17, 2020). "'We Will Get Our Sports Back When We Deserve To': A Q&A With Dr. Adia Benton". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. Benton, Adia. "Adia Benton's CV" (PDF).
  5. "Adia Benton | News from Brown". news.brown.edu. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  6. "Adia Benton recent appearances/publications in the news about Ebola | Department of Anthropology". www.brown.edu. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  7. Benton, Aida. HIV exceptionalism : development through disease in Sierra Leone. Minneapolis. ISBN 9781452943848. OCLC 903645936.
  8. "Adia Benton". Society for Social Studies of Science. Retrieved March 6, 2021.


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