Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care
Rose Weitz, Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology at Arizona State University, received her Ph.D. from Yale University. At Arizona State University, she has served as Director of Women's Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology, and Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology. She is a former President of Sociologists for Women in Society and of the Sociologists' AIDS Network. Her teaching and research interests center on gender, health, and the body. Professor Weitz won Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award in 2005, and her university's Last Lecture Award in 2004. She is also the Chair of the Medical Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.