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Adam M Geary

Contact
  • (520) 621-2166
  • UNIV TERRACE AP
  • TUCSON, AZ 85721-0438
  • ageary@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. History of Consciousness
    • University of California, Santa Cruz, California
  • M.A. Theology
    • Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California
  • B.A. Religious Studies
    • The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2014 - Ongoing)
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2007 - 2014)
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2006 - 2007)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, California (1999)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, California (1997 - 2000)

Awards

  • Graduate and Professional Education Teaching and Mentoring Award (Nominated)
    • Graduate College, University of Arizona, Spring 2019 (Award Nominee)
  • Mary Bernard Aguirre Professorship in Gender and Women’s Studies
    • Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Arizona., Fall 2017
    • Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Arizona., Spring 2010
  • Dean’s Award for Excellence in Upper Division Teaching
    • College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona., Spring 2013
  • Faculty Recognition Award
    • Office of LGBTQ Student Affairs, University of Arizona., Spring 2013

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Courses

2019-20 Courses

  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Spring 2020)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    ANTH 487 (Spring 2020)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    GWS 487 (Spring 2020)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    HPS 487 (Spring 2020)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    PHP 487 (Spring 2020)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    SOC 487 (Spring 2020)
  • Feminist Theories
    GWS 305 (Spring 2020)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 499 (Spring 2020)
  • Senior Capstone
    GWS 498 (Spring 2020)
  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Fall 2019)
  • Feminist Theories
    GWS 305 (Fall 2019)
  • Queer Theories
    GWS 309 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Spring 2019)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    ANTH 487 (Spring 2019)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    GWS 487 (Spring 2019)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    GWS 587 (Spring 2019)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    HPS 487 (Spring 2019)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    SOC 487 (Spring 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    GWS 498H (Spring 2019)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 699 (Spring 2019)
  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Fall 2018)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 699 (Fall 2018)
  • Psychoanlys+Cult Theory
    GWS 645 (Fall 2018)
  • Senior Capstone
    GWS 498 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Spring 2018)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    ANTH 487 (Spring 2018)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    GWS 487 (Spring 2018)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    HPS 487 (Spring 2018)
  • Fem Interpretations of Health
    SOC 487 (Spring 2018)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 699 (Spring 2018)
  • Internship
    GWS 393 (Spring 2018)
  • Internship
    GWS 593 (Spring 2018)
  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Fall 2017)
  • Feminist Theories
    GWS 305 (Fall 2017)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 599 (Fall 2017)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 699 (Fall 2017)
  • Internship
    GWS 393 (Fall 2017)
  • Internship
    GWS 593 (Fall 2017)
  • Preceptorship
    GWS 591 (Fall 2017)
  • Queer Theories
    GWS 309 (Fall 2017)
  • Senior Capstone
    GWS 498 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Independent Study
    GWS 599 (Summer I 2017)
  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Spring 2017)
  • Feminist Theories
    GWS 305 (Spring 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    GWS 498H (Spring 2017)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 599 (Spring 2017)
  • Internship
    GWS 393 (Spring 2017)
  • Internship
    GWS 593 (Spring 2017)
  • Spcl Tpcs Women Studies
    GWS 500 (Spring 2017)
  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Fall 2016)
  • Honors Thesis
    GWS 498H (Fall 2016)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 499 (Fall 2016)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 699 (Fall 2016)
  • Internship
    GWS 393 (Fall 2016)
  • Senior Capstone
    GWS 498 (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Dissertation
    GWS 920 (Spring 2016)
  • Feminist Theories
    GWS 305 (Spring 2016)
  • Independent Study
    GWS 699 (Spring 2016)
  • Internship
    GWS 393 (Spring 2016)
  • Internship
    GWS 593 (Spring 2016)
  • Psychoanlys+Cult Theory
    GWS 645 (Spring 2016)

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Scholarly Contributions

Books

  • Geary, A. M. (2014). Antiblack Racism and the AIDS Epidemic: State Intimacies. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journals/Publications

  • Geary, A. M. (2016). HIV/AIDS from an African American Studies Perspective. Oxford Bibliographies in African American Studies. doi:10.1093/OBO/9780190280024-0041
  • Geary, A. M., & Kerr, T. (2015). Anti-Black racism has been central to the structuring of HIV vulnerability in the US and globally. Visual AIDS Blog.

Presentations

  • Geary, A. M. (2018, March). Disorienting AIDS. Actualizing and Archetype: Narratives Conceived to Survive. Tucson, Arizona.
  • Geary, A. M. (2018, November). AIDS is a Myth. Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts annual meeting. Toronto, Canada: Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts.
  • Geary, A. M. (2017, Aug 30-Sept 2). HIV is Racist. Society for the Social Studies of Science meeting. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Social Studies of Science.
  • Geary, A. M. (2017, Nov 9-11). The Time of AIDS. Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts annual meeting. Tempe, AZ: Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts.
  • Geary, A. M. (2016, October). Psychoanalysis and the Origins of HIV. UA Institute for LGBT Studies.
  • Geary, A. M. (2015, April). Open to HIV: Technologies of Blackness and Embodied Vulnerability. Open Embodiments: Locating Somatechnics in Tucson. University of Arizona.
  • Geary, A. M. (2015, October). Dis-Orienting AIDS Discourse. Dis-Orienting AIDS Discourse, The 3rd Annual James J. Leos Symposium. University of Arizona: UA Institute for LGBT Studies.
  • Geary, A. M. (2013, May 23-26). Epidemic as Antiblack Event. Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) meeting. Columbia College Chicago.
  • Geary, A. M. (2013, November 21-24). The Color of AIDS. American Studies Association meeting. Washington, DC.
  • Geary, A. M. (2012, March 22). The Queer Paradigm, Revisited. Colloquium lecture for The UA Institute for LGBT Studies. University of Arizona: The UA Institute for LGBT Studies.
  • Geary, A. M. (2012, March 29-31). Cultural Studies Encounters Behavioral Science. Cultural Studies Association Conference. University of California, San Diego.
  • Geary, A. M. (2012, May 4). Anti-Blackness and AIDS. Race & Gender | State & Capital: A symposium on the work of Dorothy Roberts. University of California, Irvine.
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  • Geary, A. M. (2011, 2011-03-01). States of Risk: Theorizing the racial state in AIDS prevention and politics. Critical Ethnic Studies and the Future of Genocide. University of California, Riverside.
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  • Geary, A. M. (2010, 2010-02-01). State Intimacies: State Practices and HIV Risk. Fierce Visions: LGBTQ Research at the University of Arizona Now. University of Arizona.
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    ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
  • Geary, A. M. (2010, 2010-03-01). Negative and Positive Feelings: Affects and Ideas in Queer Studies. Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) meeting. University of California, Berkeley.
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    ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
  • Geary, A. M. (2009, 2009-02-01). Queer Pedagogy: Some Reflections on Teaching in Queer Studies. Institute for LGBT Studies speaker series. University of Arizona.
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    ;Invited: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
  • Geary, A. M. (2009, 2009-02-01). The Dark Knight, or Lessons for the Prince. Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Associations meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    More info
    ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
  • Geary, A. M. (2009, 2009-03-01). Prisons and Populations: State Practices and Formations of HIV Risk. Women's Studies Department Colloquium. University of Arizona.
    More info
    ;Invited: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
  • Geary, A. M. (2009, 2009-04-01). State Intimacies: State Practices and HIV Risk. Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) meeting. Kansas City, Missouri.
    More info
    ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
  • Geary, A. M. (2009, 2009-10-01). Situating the â€. Sociology Department Colloquium. University of Arizona.
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  • Geary, A. M. (2009, 2009-11-01). Repression and Risk: Theorizing â€. American Studies Association meeting. Washington, DC.
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    ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
  • Geary, A. M. (2008, 2008-02-01). Governmentality and AIDS Analysis. Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Associations meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    More info
    ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
  • Geary, A. M. (2008, 2008-03-01). The Ethics of â€. Popular Culture/American Culture Associations national meeting. San Francisco, California.
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    ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
  • Geary, A. M. (2007, 2007-11-01). Structure and its Discontents in AIDS Risk Analysis. Midwest Modern Language Association meeting. Cleveland, Ohio.
    More info
    ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;

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