AARON T NORTON. Adjunct Instructor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Fall 2017

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1 Northwestern University Department of Sociology 1812 Chicago Avenue, Room 305 Evanston, IL AARON T NORTON EMPLOYMENT Adjunct Instructor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Fall 2017 Visiting Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Postdoctoral Fellow, Sexualities Project, Program in Gender & Sexuality Studies and the Sociology Department EDUCATION PhD, University of California, Davis, Psychology 2014 Dissertation: Cutting the Risk: The Emergence of Male Circumcision Status as an HIV-risk Reduction Strategy Committee: Joseph P. Dumit, PhD (Co-Chair), Gregory M. Herek, PhD (Co-Chair), Laura Grindstaff, PhD (member) MA, University of California, Davis, Psychology 2007 BA, St. Mary s College of Maryland, Psychology & French Concentration 2001 Summa Cum Laude AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND TEACHING INTEREST Gender and Sexuality Studies Science and Technology Studies Sociology of Health, Illness, and Biomedicine Biopolitics and HIV/AIDS FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS LGBT Studies Social Psychology Social Studies of Risk Research Methods Graduate Fellow, Center for Science & Innovation Studies, UC Davis Graduate Fellow, Program in Science & Technology Studies, UC Davis Finalist, University of California President s Post-doctoral Fellowship 2013 Psychology Department Dissertation Fellowship, UC Davis 2012 Graduate Studies International Travel Award, UC Davis 2012 Page 1 of 5

2 FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS (Continued) Graduate Student Fellowship, Sociology Department, UC San Diego Rik and Florence Henrikson Fellowship, Science Studies, UC San Diego Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, Genetics of Development & Disease Branch Phi Beta Kappa, St. Mary s College of Maryland 2000 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Norton, A.T. (in press). Foreskin and the molecular politics of risk. Social Studies of Science. Norton, A.T. (2013). Surveying risk subjects: Public health surveys as instruments of biomedicalization. BioSocieties, 8, Norton, A.T., & Herek, G.M. (2013). Heterosexuals' attitudes toward transgender people: Findings from a national probability sample of U.S. adults. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 68, Herek, G.M., Norton, A.T., Allen, T.J., & Sims, C.L. (2010). Demographic, psychological, and social characteristics of self-identified lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in a U.S. probability sample. Sexuality Research & Social Policy, 7, Norton, A.T. & Zehner, O. (2008). Which half is mommy?: Tetragametic chimerism and transsubjectivity. Women Studies Quarterly, 36(3/4), Yamashita, T., Hashiramoto, A., Haluzik, M., Mizukami, H., Beck, S., Norton, A.T.,..., & Proia, R.L. (2003). Enhanced insulin sensitivity in mice lacking ganglioside GM3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100(6), RESEARCH POSITIONS Graduate Student Researcher Departments of Sociology and Science Studies, UC San Diego 2008 Supervisor: Steven Epstein, PhD Project: Formal and vernacular knowledge at the International AIDS Conference Graduate Student Researcher 2006 Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis Supervisor: Gregory M. Herek, PhD Project: Sexual prejudice and voters attitudes toward public policy affecting sexual minorities in the United States Page 2 of 5

3 OTHER RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT Clinical Research Coordinator and Institutional Review Board Liaison Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, DC Supervisor: Kunthavi Sathasivam, MD Roles: Regulatory Affairs Specialist, responsible for maintaining documentation for all clinical protocols according to FDA, DHHS, and OHRP regulations. Organized and attended all community-based Institutional Review Board meetings for above protocols. Edited protocols, informed consent forms, and grant proposals in coordination with pharmaceutical companies. Conducted medical interviews and neurological tests for the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Served as clinical care coordinator for Tipranavir Expanded Access Program. Post-baccalaureate Research Training Award Fellowship, NIH, Bethesda, MD Supervisor: Richard Proia, PhD Roles: Assisted with medical genetics research on Diabetes and Tay Sachs disease. Maintained colonies of mice with specific gene knockouts; Genotyped mice using polymerase chain reaction; Edited manuscripts in preparation for publication. INVITED TALKS The Foreskinification of AIDS: The emergence of circumcision status as an HIV-risk category 2016 in the era of molecular risk politics Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) Evanston, IL, April 7 You mean you re not circumcised! Male circumcision campaigns for HIV-prevention 2014 and the making of bio-sexual subjects. Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) Introductory Talk Evanston, IL, October 30 Cutting the Risk: The emergence of male circumcision as an HIV-risk reduction category and 2014 prevention strategy. Center for Science & Innovation Studies and the Program in Science & Technology Studies, UC Davis, June 3 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Designing risky subjects: Public health surveys as instruments of biomedicalization Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 20 Cutting one, inscribing the other : Circumcision and the biomedical construction of risk identities Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Washington, D.C., October 31 Page 3 of 5

4 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS (Continued) HIV-stigma and adherence to anti-retroviral therapy Social/Personality Area Colloquium Series, Psychology Department, April Attitudes toward transgender people in a national probability sample of U.S. adults Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, January Toward a social psychological understanding of attitudes toward transgender people Social/Personality Area Colloquium Series, Department of Psychology, May TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor of Record (Northwestern University) SOC 220/HUM 220: Health, Biomedicine, Culture, & Society (Spring 2017) SOC 376/GNDR_ST 331: Sexuality, Biomedicine, & HIV/AIDS (W 2017; W 2016; F 2016; W 2015) SOC/GNDR_ST 232: Sexuality & Society (Fall 2016) GNDR_ST 396: Research Methods for Gender & Sexuality Studies (Fall 2016) SOC 376/GNDR_ST 332: Sexuality, Science, & LGBT Rights (Spring 2016) Co-Instructor of Record (University of California, Davis) Introduction to Psychology Spring 2011 Designed syllabus and taught foundational psychological concepts in biopsychology: neurological structures and functions; history of psychology; psychological disorders; consciousness; drugs and behavior; sleep and sleep disorders Teaching Assistant Positions (UC Davis, ) Psychology 1: Introduction to Psychology (1 quarter) Psychology 101: Introduction to Psychobiology (2 quarters) Psychology 107: Survey Research Methods (1 quarter) Psychology 141: Cognitive Development (2 quarters) Psychology 158: Sexual Orientation and Prejudice (4 quarters) Psychology 168: Abnormal Psychology (7 quarters) Sociology 119: Sociology of Sexuality and Sexual Identities (UCSD, 1 quarter, reader) Page 4 of 5

5 Invited Guest Lectures (UC Davis) Introduction to Medical Anthropology May 2012 Departments of Anthropology and STS, UC Davis Lecture: Male circumcision as an HIV-prevention strategy Developmental Psychology July 2012 Department of Psychology, UC Davis Lecture: Critical approaches to gender, gender identity and sexuality SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Co-organizer, Sexualities Program at Northwestern Annual Conference Undergraduate Honors Thesis Adviser to Scott Metzger, American Studies Northwestern University Panelist, Postdoctoral Application Process, Graduate Student Colloquium 2015 Science in Human Culture Program, Northwestern University Organizer of the UC Davis Science & Technology Studies Graduate Student Workshop 2014 Organizer for dozens of STS-related talks at the Center for Science & Innovation Studies Lead Organizer, California Science & Technology Studies Summer Retreat, NatureBridge 2013, 2014 Co-organizer, California Science & Technology Studies Summer Retreat, NatureBridge 2011, 2012 Interlocutor for Visiting Scholar Book Talk, University Press Books, Berkeley, CA June 2012 Peer Reviewing International Journal of Transgenderism Science as Culture Personality and Social Psychology Review Culture, Health & Sexuality LANGUAGES Certificate of Proficiency in French, University of Toulouse, Le Mirail, Toulouse, France 2003 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Society for the Social Studies of Science American Sociological Association Page 5 of 5