HIV Exceptionalism: Development Through Disease in Sierra Leone
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]
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
Benton, Adia; Dionne, Kim Yi (March 16, 2015). "International Political Economy and the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak". African Studies Review. 58 (1). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 223–236. doi:10.1017/asr.2015.11. ISSN0002-0206. S2CID145655484.
Benton, Adia. HIV exceptionalism : development through disease in Sierra Leone. Minneapolis. ISBN9781452943848. OCLC903645936.