Kim M. Blankenship, PhD

- Title:
- Co-Director, Developmental Core; Professor, Department of Sociology; Associate Dean of Research, College of Arts and Sciences, American University
- Address:
- 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20016 - Phone:
- 202-885-6211
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- Faculty Profile
Current HIV/AIDS Research Activities:
- Structural interventions and social dimensions of HIV vulnerability (especially among women, drug users, incarcerated or formerly incarcerated populations and female sex workers in India)
- Community mobilization as a strategy for HIV prevention
- Race and gender inequalities in HIV/AIDS
- Community disruption and HIV/AIDS, especially impact of mass incarceration, housing, and housing policy
- Law and law enforcement practices and HIV vulnerability
Current HIV/AIDS Educational Activities:
- Junior faculty mentor
- Graduate and undergraduate teaching