Jorge Fontdevila, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

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Teaching interests: Sociology of Sexualities, Social Interaction, and graduate seminars on Sociology of Medicine/Health, Sociology of HIV/AIDS, and Sociology of Emotions.

Research interests: Sexualities, HIV/AIDS, Health, Migration, Language, Networks, and Sociological Theory.

Brief biography: Dr. Jorge Fontdevila received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University. His doctoral research explored HIV risky decision-making in the context of gender asymmetries and drug-using networks among heroin-involved heterosexual men in Harlem. He worked with the Social Intervention Group at Columbia University conducting socio-behavioral research among several New York populations disproportionately affected by HIV, including injection drug users in street settings and methadone clinics. From 2003 to 2006 he was affiliated with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF) as research ethnographer in the Trayectos Study, exploring contexts of HIV risk among Mexican gay and bisexual immigrant men in the San Diego border regions. Dr. Fontdevila's recent research explores contexts of HIV risk among Latino men who have sex with both men and women in Orange County, CA. He also conducts theoretical research on the relationship between sociolinguistic meaning and social networks. Fontdevila's teaching goals are to stimulate critical thinking among his students and teach them analytical skills to apply sociological concepts and theories to their daily lives.