Kim M. Blankenship

Core Co-Director
Developmental Core
District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research

Distinguished Professor
Department of Sociology

Associate Dean of Research
College of Arts and Sciences
American University

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