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Dr. Barry D Adam
University Professor
Ph.D., Toronto 1977
Social Movements, Social Theory, Gay and Lesbian Studies, HIV Research, Globalization and Social Change
Barry D Adam has a lengthy research and publication record devoted to issues of domination and empowerment. The Survival of Domination and Experiencing HIV (with Alan Sears) examine how people subject to social subordination cope with, respond to, or resist social environments which oppress them. Work done in Sandinista Nicaragua and on gay and lesbian movements (The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement, The Global Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Politics) documents how individual coping strategies can coalesce into collective mobilization and a transformative politics that restructure or revolutionize the conditions of subordination.
As Senior Scientist and Director of Prevention Research at the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Prof Adam currently has a mandate to draw together researchers, policy -makers, and community-based organizations in building province-wide capacity in effective interventions for HIV prevention. With an extensive background of community-based research into HIV prevention and issues of living with HIV, current work is investigating:(a) how men in sexual interactions deal with the threat of HIV infection, and how social discourses of masculinity, autonomy, adventurism, and romance leave them either protected or vulnerable to HIV transmission; (b) the development of an attractive and effective HIV prevention and sexual health program for HIV-positive men; (c) creation of an intervention for Latino newcomers to Canada who currently have an elevated rate of HIV sero-conversion; and (d) impacts of criminal prosecutions for HIV exposure and transmission on people living with HIV.
Teaching interests in contemporary social theory focus especially on questions of globalization and the world-system, theories of human subjectivity and empowerment, and their relationship to social justice. Substantive areas include: globalization and social change, gay and lesbian studies, risk and sexuality, and social movements.
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