Anthony Petro Publishes Article on Naming of HIV/AIDS
Associate Professor of Religion and 2023-24 Henderson Senior Research Fellow Anthony Petro recently published “How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used for the crisis were steeped in science, stigma and religious language” in The Conversation.
“No matter how scientific or objective people hope to be, epidemics are shaped by culture,” wrote Petro, “And studying that history helps us understand more about ourselves.” Read the full article here.