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Alexandre White

Assistant Professor of Sociology and the History of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University

Affiliations

Research Centers and Institutes

Center for Africana Studies

Population Center

Social Sciences

Department of Sociology

School of Medicine

History of Medicine

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Humanities

Interdisciplinary

Social Sciences

Humanities

Medicine, Science, and the Humanities Major

Interdisciplinary

Research Centers and Institutes

Alexandre White is currently serving as a Center For Africana Studies Assistant Professor of Sociology and the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.

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Alexandre White

Johns Hopkins University

Assistant Professor of Sociology and the History of Medicine

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public health sociology global health covid-19 medical history communicable diseases global history epidemiology racial discrimination medicalization social determinants of health disease outbreaks vaccination postcolonial writing social science research decoloniality epidemiological principle black politics vaccines criminology public relations african identity contemporary racism historical sociology global health crisis covid-19 pandemic health communication health promotion interpersonal violence social theory race relations anti-imperialism societal influence racial prejudice critical public health african diaspora united states french history latin american politics french politics french civilization respiratory medicine violence against women electronic library preventive medicine public involvement public participation object categorization political theory post-colonial criticism settler colonialism disease transmission social epidemiology social distancing political power social bias minority stress xenoracism scholarly communication disease risk assessment transatlantic relations human-centered recommendations pandemic vaccine awareness medical racism historical linkages epidemic threat economic risk colonial subjectivity political agency black theorists structural racism past lessons frantz fanon pierre bourdieu global risks divergent pandemics

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Review Symposium of Claire Decoteau’s Emergency. Journal of World-Systems Research (2026)

disaster preventiondisaster responseresilienceglobal studiesglobal health

Necrofinance and the Mutation of Life and Death Into Value in the Atlantic Slave Trade. (2025)

social historyfemale sexual slaverycolonialismhistorytradedeath studiesbusiness historyeconomic history

Toward a Historical Sociology of Infectious Disease Governance: An Interview With Alexandre White. História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (2025)

anthropologypolitical historysocial historyinterdisciplinary historyhistoryglobal historymedicalizationhistorical reviewcommunicable diseasesmedical historymedical sociology

Blurring Boundaries: A Proposed Research Agenda for Ethical, Legal, Social, and Historical Studies at the Intersection of Infectious and Genetic Disease.. UNC Libraries (2024)

Jose, SheethalBollinger, JuliGeller, GailGreene, JeremyHenry, Leslie MeltzerHutler, BrianJuengst, Eric ThomasKahn, JeffreyMastroianni, Anna CMooney, GrahamWhite, AlexandreWilbanks, RebeccaMathews, Debra J H

public healthbiomedical ethicsinfectious diseasessocial sciencesresearch ethicsbioethicsgenetic diseasebiopoliticsdigital scholarshipmedical ethicsgenetic epidemiologyscience and technology studieshistorical studiesdisease outbreaksresearch agenda

Which History and Social Science Concepts Should Inform Health Professions Education?. The AMA Journal of Ethic (2024)

Alexandre WhiteJeremy A Greene

social scienceshealth professions education

4 the Battle to Police Disease. Stanford University Press eBooks (2023)

scholarly communicationelectronic libraryenglisharchival research

5 Epidemics, Power, and the Global Management of Disease Risk. Stanford University Press eBooks (2023)

Alexandre I. R. White

public healthepidemiologyinfectious diseasesdisease risk assessmentdisease riskinternational healthglobal managementdisease outbreaks

Covid-19 Communication Campaigns for Vaccination: An Assessment With Perspectives for Future Equity-Centered Public Health Efforts. Journal of Health Communication (2023)

Alexandra QuinnAlexandre WhiteJodie Abbatangelo-GraySusan McCarronTanja SchubScott C. Ratzan

health communicationpublic healthhealth promotionvaccinationcommunicationcovid-19

Epidemic Orientalism: Race, Capital, and the Governance of Infectious Disease. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press (2023)

global healthcommunicable diseasesdisease outbreaksrace

: Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution: Collective Action in the African Diaspora. American Journal of Sociology (2023)

Alexandre White

culturesocial inequalitywhite supremacyforced migrationcontemporary islamcriminologyhaitian revolutionpublic healthdemographyinterpersonal violencelatino studiesjapan studieseducationnarrativeracial discriminationsocietal influencepolitical sociologyindigenous peoplescontemporary china

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Alexandre White

Assistant Professor of Sociology and the History of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University

Affiliations

Research Centers and Institutes

Center for Africana Studies

Population Center

Social Sciences

Department of Sociology

School of Medicine

History of Medicine

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Humanities

Interdisciplinary

Social Sciences

Humanities

Medicine, Science, and the Humanities Major

Interdisciplinary

Research Centers and Institutes

Alexandre White is currently serving as a Center For Africana Studies Assistant Professor of Sociology and the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Alexandre White

Johns Hopkins University

Assistant Professor of Sociology and the History of Medicine

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Review Symposium of Claire Decoteau’s Emergency. Journal of World-Systems Research (2026)

disaster preventiondisaster responseresilienceglobal studiesglobal health

Necrofinance and the Mutation of Life and Death Into Value in the Atlantic Slave Trade. (2025)

social historyfemale sexual slaverycolonialismhistorytradedeath studiesbusiness historyeconomic history

Toward a Historical Sociology of Infectious Disease Governance: An Interview With Alexandre White. História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (2025)

anthropologypolitical historysocial historyinterdisciplinary historyhistoryglobal historymedicalizationhistorical reviewcommunicable diseasesmedical historymedical sociology

Blurring Boundaries: A Proposed Research Agenda for Ethical, Legal, Social, and Historical Studies at the Intersection of Infectious and Genetic Disease.. UNC Libraries (2024)

Which History and Social Science Concepts Should Inform Health Professions Education?. The AMA Journal of Ethic (2024)

Alexandre WhiteJeremy A Greene

social scienceshealth professions education

4 the Battle to Police Disease. Stanford University Press eBooks (2023)

scholarly communicationelectronic libraryenglisharchival research

5 Epidemics, Power, and the Global Management of Disease Risk. Stanford University Press eBooks (2023)

Alexandre I. R. White

public healthepidemiologyinfectious diseasesdisease risk assessmentdisease riskinternational healthglobal managementdisease outbreaks

Covid-19 Communication Campaigns for Vaccination: An Assessment With Perspectives for Future Equity-Centered Public Health Efforts. Journal of Health Communication (2023)

Alexandra QuinnAlexandre WhiteJodie Abbatangelo-GraySusan McCarronTanja SchubScott C. Ratzan

health communicationpublic healthhealth promotionvaccinationcommunicationcovid-19

Epidemic Orientalism: Race, Capital, and the Governance of Infectious Disease. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press (2023)

global healthcommunicable diseasesdisease outbreaksrace

: Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution: Collective Action in the African Diaspora. American Journal of Sociology (2023)

Alexandre White

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