Dworkin, Shari L. 1968-

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Dworkin, Shari L. 1968-


PERSONAL:

Born September 8, 1968, in Red Bank, NJ. Education: University of Maryland, M.A., 1994; University of Southern California, Ph.D., 2000; Columbia University, M.S., 2005.

ADDRESSES:

Office—HIV Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, visiting assistant professor of sociology, 2000-02; Columbia University, New York, NY, postdoctoral affiliate, 2002-05, assistant professor of behavioral medicine, 2005—.

WRITINGS:


(With Leslie Heywood) Built to Win: The Female Athlete As Cultural Icon, University of Minnesota Press (Minneapolis, MN), 2003.

Contributor to periodicals, including Journal of Sex Research, Culture, Health, Sexuality, Gender and Society, and AIDS and Behavior.

SIDELIGHTS:

Shari L. Dworkin told CA: "I love to write because it makes me feel creative and happy and alive. There is nothing more to it!"

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:


PERIODICALS


Isis: Journal about Women, spring-summer, 2004, Mary Vause, review of Built to Win: The Female Athlete As Cultural Icon, p. 83.

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