THEODORE K. GIDEONSE, PhD, MFA

APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor of Teaching, Program in Public Health
Department of Health, Society, and Behavior since 2020. Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention, 2018-2020. Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 2018-.

Lecturer, Program in Public Health
Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention, Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 2016-2018.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Global HIV/AIDS Prevention Research, Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2013-2016.

EDUCATION

PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2013.
Dissertation: Risky Subjectivity: The Effects of Cultural Discourses of Addiction on HIV+ Men Who Have Sex with Men and Use Crystal Meth in San Diego

MA, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2007.
Master’s Thesis: Hybridity as Cultural Capital on the US/Mexican Border

MFA, Department of Creative Writing, New School University, New York, NY, 2005.
Master’s Thesis: Bad Things Happen to Bad People: Stories.

AB, Department of Social Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1996.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed articles:

Lea, Charles H., Theodore K. Gideonse, and Nina T. Harawa. 2018. “An Examination of Consensual Sex in a Men’s Jail.” International Journal of Prisoner Health. doi: 10.1108/IJPH-08-2016-0047

Gideonse, Theodore K. 2016. “Framing Samuel See: The Discursive Detritus of the Moral Panic over the ‘Double Epidemic’ of Methamphetamines and HIV among Gay Men.” International Journal of Drug Policy. 28:98-105. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.10.010

Gideonse, Theodore K. 2015. “Pride, Shame, and the Trouble with Trying to Be Normal.” Ethos 43(4):332–52. doi: 10.1111/etho.12100

Gideonse, Theodore K. 2015. “Survival Tactics and Strategies of Meth-Using HIV+ Men Who Have Sex with Men in San Diego.” PLoS ONE 10(9):e0139239. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139239

Book chapters:

Gideonse, Theodore K. 2017. “Methamphetamine Addiction, HIV-Infection, and Gay Men: Stigma and Suffering” in Foundations of BioSocial Health: Stigma & Illness Interactions, edited by S. Lerman, B. Ostrach, and M. Singer. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Academic book reviews:

Gideonse, Theodore K. 2016. “Cruel Attachments: The Ritual Rehab of Child Molesters in Germany by John Borneman and Hound Pound Narrative: Sexual Offender Habilitation and the Anthropology of Therapeutic Intervention by James B. Waldram.” Ethos 44(4):e18-e22.

Gideonse, Theodore K. 2010. “The Anthropology of AIDS: A Global Perspective by Patricia Whelehan, with Contributions by Thomas Budd.” Medical Anthropology Quarterly 24(1):133–35.

Encyclopedia entries:

Gideonse, Theodore K. 2016. “Bear Culture” in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, edited by N. Naples, R. C. Hoogland, M. Wickramasinghe, and W. C. A. Wong. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Edited volumes:

Gideonse, Ted and Robert Williams, eds. 2006. From Boys To Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf.

HONORS AND AWARDS (Academic)

Bailey Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, 2012.
Spiro Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, 2009-2010.
Regent’s Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, 2005-2006.
National Merit Scholar, Harvard University, 1992-1993.

HONORS AND AWARDS (Popular Press)

1st Place, Non-daily newspapers, Reviews: Misc, San Diego Press Club, 2017
2nd Place, Non-daily newspapers, Reviews: Misc, San Diego Press Club, 2016
3rd Place, Non-daily newspapers, Reviews: Misc, San Diego Press Club, 2016
3rd Place, Non-daily newspapers, Reviews: Misc, San Diego Press Club, 2015

RESEARCH SUPPORT

Evaluating Evidence-Based Quality Improvement of Comprehensive Women’s Health Care in Low-Performing VA Facilities. Yano/Hamilton (PIs)
Department of Veteran Affairs, Women’s Health Services, 2016-2018
Role: Consulting Qualitative Methods Expert

Postdoctoral Training in Global HIV/AIDS Prevention Research. Coates (PI)
NIH grant no. 5T32MH080634, 2013-2016
Prepares physician, social, behavioral, and professional scientists for academic research careers focused on understanding and preventing HIV disease globally. Mentored by Thomas Coates, PhD.
Role: Postdoctoral Trainee.

Center for HIV, Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services Pilot Program. Rotheram (PI)   
NIH grant no. P30MH058107, 2014-2015
The goal of the pilot program is to develop innovative research consistent with/or related to the Center priorities of eliminating HIV and to seed funding for larger research projects or intervention programs.
Pilot Project: Risk behaviors of drug offending HIV+ men who have sex with men.
Awarded: $9535.00
Role: Pilot Investigator

UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program. Wyatt (PI)
NIH grant no. 5R25DA035692-02, 2014-2016
Provides multi-disciplinary, state-of-the-art training to better equip postdoctoral fellows and early career investigators to submit and receive NIMH grant funding. Mentored by Alison Hamilton, PhD.
Pilot Project: Risk behaviors of drug offending HIV+ men who have sex with men.
Awarded: $9000.00.
Role: Scholar.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND POSTERS

Theodore Gideonse, Sara Goodman, Shantell Nolen, and Miryha Runnerstrom. “A COVID-19 chatline as a model for remote undergraduate practicum experiences.” Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Virtual, October 28, 2020.

Sara Goodman, Theodore Gideonse, Shantell Nolen, and Miryha Runnerstrom. “Combatting misinformation during a pandemic using a COVID-19 student led chatline.” Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Virtual, October 28, 2020.

“Sticks, Stones, and Syllabi (Navigating Stigma and Addressing Peer Aggression, Harassment, Discrimination, and Exclusion for Queer and Trans-Spectrum Students and Faculty).” Panel presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Virtual, May 1. 2020.

Gideonse, Theodore K. 2019. “Teaching in Turbulent Times.” Roundtable (organizer) at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, OR, March 20, 2019.

Make Good Choices: Self-Help in the Neoliberal Jail. 115^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Minneapolis, MN, November 27, 2016. Abstract 57413.

The Effects of Doing Good in the Abu Ghraib of Los Angeles. 113^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, December 3, 2014. Abstract 43275.

Survival Tactics and Strategies of Meth-using HIV+ Men Who Have Sex with Men in San Diego. Poster. Department of Medicine Research Day, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, October 11, 2014.

The Tweaker as Folk Devil. Paper. 112^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL, November 23, 2013. Abstract 32047.

Narrating the Psychopathology of Meth Addiction. Paper. 8^th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, San Diego, CA, April 5, 2013.

Moral Borders and Barriers to Care: Survival Strategies of HIV+ MSM Who Use Meth in San Diego. Paper. 111^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, November 18, 2012. Abstract 20298.

Meth and Moral Communities in San Diego. Paper. 110^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Montreal, QC, November 16, 2011. Abstract 3278.

Shame and Pride and Addiction and Recovery under American Neoliberalism. Paper. 7^th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, Santa Monica, CA, April 1, 2011.

“But are you going to do meth, too?” Empathy, Ethics, and Epiphanies in Insider Ethnography. Paper. 109^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA, November 19, 2010. Abstract 3-0990.

“If you don’t like the fact that I am POZ, hold on and I’ll change profiles”: Identifying as HIV+ on the Internet in San Diego. Paper. 107^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, November 23, 2008. Abstract 4-056.

“Yes, I’m a practicing homosexual. And practice makes perfect!”: imagining, narrating, and constructing gay male identity. Paper. 6^th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, Manhattan Beach, CA, March 19, 2007.

INVITED AND CAMPUS TALKS

Insights about the cycle of addiction, incarceration, and poverty among drug-using men who have sex with men in Southern California. Department of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, April 15, 2016.

Insights about the cycle of addiction, incarceration, and poverty among drug-using men who have sex with men in Southern California. Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, Community Advisory Board Meeting, University of California, Los Angeles, March 18, 2016.

Insights about the cycle of addiction, incarceration, and poverty among drug-using men who have sex with men in Southern California. Behavioral Sciences Department, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, February 19, 2016.

HIV/AIDS in America and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. African American HIV University, Black AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, August 17, 2015.

HIV/AIDS in America and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. African American HIV University, Black AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, September 4, 2014.

Cultural Discourse of Addiction and HIV. Communication, Health & Science Symposium, Department of Communication Studies, Clemson University, October 10, 2013.

HIV/AIDS in America and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. African American HIV University, Black AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, August 22, 2013.

“If you don’t like the fact that I am POZ, hold on and I’ll change profiles”: Identifying as HIV+ on the Internet in San Diego. Dialogues in Sexuality Studies, University of California, San Diego, February 23, 2009.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Peer review

Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Ethos
International Journal of Drug Policy
International Journal of Prison Health
Social Forces

University and professional organizations

Chair, Student Affairs Committee, UCI Program in Public Health, 2021-

Member, Workload Committee, Department of Health, Society, and Behavior, 2020-

Reviews Editor, Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 2019-

Representative for Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Diversity and Inclusion Section, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, 2019-

Columnist, “The Aisle Seat,” Anthropology News, 2019-2020

Faculty adviser, Orange County Needle Exchange Program (Undergraduate Division), University of California, Irvine, 2017-2018.

Member, Sexual Health Working Group and Evaluation Workgroup, Healthy Campus Initiative, University of California, Irvine, 2017-.

Faculty adviser, Global Health Research, Education and Translation Program (Undergraduate Division), University of California, Irvine, 2016-2017.

Communications co-editor, Society for Psychological Anthropology, 2011-2016.

Undergraduate research paper evaluator, Roosevelt College, University of California, San Diego, 2009.

Web editor, Association for Queer Anthropology, 2007-2013.

Graduate student representation, Committee on Preparatory Education, University of California, San Diego, 2007.

Student representative, Association for Queer Anthropology, 2006-2012.

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Anthropological Association
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Psychological Anthropology
AIDS and Anthropology Research Group
Association for Queer Anthropology
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Film critic, San Diego LGBT Weekly, San Diego, CA, 2011-2017.
Literary agent and foreign rights manager, Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency, New York, NY, 2002-2005.
US Researcher, Guinness World Records, New York, NY, 2001.
Reporter-researcher, Newsweek, New York, NY, 1997-1999.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Family Health Centers (2010-2013; HIV testing counselor, clean syringe exchange worker)
So Say We All (2009-2013; board of directors, treasurer, producer)