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Caroline Jean Acker

Associate Professor Emerita

Carnegie Mellon University

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Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences

History

Caroline Jean Acker is currently serving as a Dietrich College Of Humanities And Social Sciences Associate Professor Emerita at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Caroline Jean Acker

Carnegie Mellon University

Associate Professor Emerita

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addiction public health substance abuse substance use substance addiction substance use disorders drug policy addictive behaviors addiction medicine social sciences sociology opioid use disorder epidemiology tobacco control opioid epidemic social history stigma addiction biology addiction treatment hiv criminology harm reduction medical history pain medicine addiction health service research psychoactive drugs drug use gay men alcohol (drug) laboratory investigation social science research migration studies social anthropology public health ethics violent behavior pain research applied pharmacology alcohol dependence alcohol misuse societal influence crack formation sexology human sexuality cultural psychology transactional sex psychosocial research social gerontology environmental psychology social work theory social work research club drugs drug treatment behavioral addictions cannabis use population history carceral setting racial studies tobacco policy tobacco use classic era addiction research narcotic control american junkie united states american consciousness social potentials addiction disease models historical examination american ghetto drug-related harm historical epidemiology crystal meth community action health policy scientific ideas opiate addiction

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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Strange Trips: Science, Culture, and the Regulation of Drugs. Journal of American History (2020)

substance use disordersstrange tripsaddiction medicineaddiction biologypublic health ethicssocial sciencesharm reductionaddictiondrug policysubstance abuseclub drugspsychoactive drugsaddictive behaviors

Migration Narratives: Expanding Methods to Examine the Interaction of Person and Environment Among Aging Gay Men. Journal of Gerontological Social Work (2013)

Laurens Van SluytmanNaomi BraineCaroline AckerSam FriedmanDon C. DesJarlais

psychosocial researchanthropologysocial science researchmigration narrativessocial gerontologyenvironmental psychologysocial psychologydemographysocial sciencessocial workmigration studiessocial work theorygay mengeriatricssocial changesociologysocial anthropologysocial work research

Caroline Jean Acker on Bruce Alexander's “Addiction: The Urgent Need for a Paradigm Shift”. Substance Use & Misuse (2012)

Caroline Jean Acker

substance use disorderspublic healthmental healthaddiction medicineaddiction biologyaddiction health service researchurgent needsubstance useaddiction treatmentaddictiondrug policybehavioral addictionssubstance abusesubstance addictionparadigm shiftbehavioral sciencesaddictive behaviors

Sexual Contexts and the Process of Risk Reduction. Culture Health & Sexuality (2011)

Naomi BraineLaurens van SluytmanCaroline AckerSam FriedmanDon C. Des Jarlais

sexologypublic healthsexual contextshuman sexualityculturerisk reductionhivcultural studiescultural psychologyhealth sciences

Drug Use, Community Action, and Public Health: Gay Men and Crystal Meth in Nyc. Substance Use & Misuse (2010)

Naomi BraineCaroline Jean AckerLaurens van SluytmanSam FriedmanDon C. Des Jarlais

public healthepidemiologycrystal methcommunity actionsubstance usedrug usesubstance abusegay men

How Crack Found a Niche in the American Ghetto: The Historical Epidemiology of Drug-Related Harm. BioSocieties (2010)

Caroline Jean Acker

health policypublic healthepidemiologyamerican ghettodrug-related harmcriminologyaddictionhistorical epidemiologysubstance abusecrack formation

Money, Drugs, and Bodies: Examining Exchange Sex From Multiple Perspectives. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services (2010)

Naomi BraineLaurens van SluytmanCaroline AckerSam FriedmanDon C. DesJarlais

anthropologytransactional sexexchange sexsocial sciencesqueer theorysociologymultiple perspectives

Neighborhood History as a Factor Shaping Syringe Distribution Networks Among Drug Users at a U.S. Syringe Exchange. Social Networks (2008)

Naomi BraineCaroline AckerCullen GoldblattHuso YiSamuel FriedmanDon C. DesJarlais

public healthsyringe distribution networksepidemiologyhivsocial network analysissocial sciencesdrug users

The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America. by Allan M. Brandt. (New York: Basic, 2007. VIII, 600 Pp. $36.00, Isbn 978-0-465-07047-3.). Journal of American History (2007)

C. J. Acker

public healthcigarette centuryeconomic historytobacco controltobacco policytobacco use

Altering American Consciousness: The History of Alcohol and Drug Use in the United States, 1800-2000. Choice Reviews Online (2005)

Sarah W TracyCaroline Jean Acker

substance use disorderspublic healthsocial historyunited statesalcohol dependencesubstance usealcohol (drug)drug useaddictiontobacco controlalcohol misusedrug policysubstance abusesocietal influencesociologysubstance addictionamerican consciousness

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Caroline Jean Acker

Associate Professor Emerita

Carnegie Mellon University

Affiliations

Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences

History

Caroline Jean Acker is currently serving as a Dietrich College Of Humanities And Social Sciences Associate Professor Emerita at Carnegie Mellon University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Caroline Jean Acker

Carnegie Mellon University

Associate Professor Emerita

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Strange Trips: Science, Culture, and the Regulation of Drugs. Journal of American History (2020)

Migration Narratives: Expanding Methods to Examine the Interaction of Person and Environment Among Aging Gay Men. Journal of Gerontological Social Work (2013)

Laurens Van SluytmanNaomi BraineCaroline AckerSam FriedmanDon C. DesJarlais

Caroline Jean Acker on Bruce Alexander's “Addiction: The Urgent Need for a Paradigm Shift”. Substance Use & Misuse (2012)

Caroline Jean Acker

Sexual Contexts and the Process of Risk Reduction. Culture Health & Sexuality (2011)

Naomi BraineLaurens van SluytmanCaroline AckerSam FriedmanDon C. Des Jarlais

sexologypublic healthsexual contextshuman sexualityculturerisk reductionhivcultural studiescultural psychologyhealth sciences

Drug Use, Community Action, and Public Health: Gay Men and Crystal Meth in Nyc. Substance Use & Misuse (2010)

Naomi BraineCaroline Jean AckerLaurens van SluytmanSam FriedmanDon C. Des Jarlais

public healthepidemiologycrystal methcommunity actionsubstance usedrug usesubstance abusegay men

How Crack Found a Niche in the American Ghetto: The Historical Epidemiology of Drug-Related Harm. BioSocieties (2010)

Caroline Jean Acker

health policypublic healthepidemiologyamerican ghettodrug-related harmcriminologyaddictionhistorical epidemiologysubstance abusecrack formation

Money, Drugs, and Bodies: Examining Exchange Sex From Multiple Perspectives. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services (2010)

Naomi BraineLaurens van SluytmanCaroline AckerSam FriedmanDon C. DesJarlais

anthropologytransactional sexexchange sexsocial sciencesqueer theorysociologymultiple perspectives

Neighborhood History as a Factor Shaping Syringe Distribution Networks Among Drug Users at a U.S. Syringe Exchange. Social Networks (2008)

Naomi BraineCaroline AckerCullen GoldblattHuso YiSamuel FriedmanDon C. DesJarlais

public healthsyringe distribution networksepidemiologyhivsocial network analysissocial sciencesdrug users

C. J. Acker

public healthcigarette centuryeconomic historytobacco controltobacco policytobacco use

Altering American Consciousness: The History of Alcohol and Drug Use in the United States, 1800-2000. Choice Reviews Online (2005)

Sarah W TracyCaroline Jean Acker

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