Deborah Lynn Steinberg

Deborah Lynn Steinberg (7 October 1961 – 6 February 2017) was a British-based American academic, author, educator and sociologist.[1][2][3] She was a Professor of Gender, Culture and Media Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick.[3]

Steinberg was born and brought up in Los Angeles, the daughter of Irwin Steinberg, a radiologist, and his wife, Maxine (née Beckerman) Steinberg, a lawyer.[2][3] She had a BA in Women's Studies from the University of California, Berkeley; an MA from the University of Kent, and a PhD from the University of Birmingham.[3][4]

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, but was given the all clear in 2013.[3] However, the disease returned the following year.[3] She continued to work until incapacitated by the disease, and died in 2017, aged 55.[2][3]

Books

  • Steinberg, Deborah Lynn; Spallone, Patricia (1987). Made to order: the myth of reproductive and genetic progress. Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Pergamon Press. ISBN 9780807762264.
  • Steinberg, Deborah Lynn; Klein, Renate (1989). Radical voices: a decade of feminist resistance from women's studies international forum. Oxford England New York: Pergamon Press. ISBN 9780080364834.
  • Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (1997). Bodies in glass: genetics, eugenics, embryo ethics. Manchester New York New York: Manchester University Press Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780719046681.
  • Steinberg, Deborah Lynn; Epstein, Debbie; Johnson, Richard (1997). Border patrols: policing the boundaries of heterosexuality. London Herndon, Virginia: Cassell. ISBN 9780304334797.
  • Steinberg, Deborah Lynn; Kear, Adrian (2002). Mourning Diana: nation, culture and the performance of grief. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203260432.
  • Steinberg, Deborah Lynn; Johnson, Richard (2004). Blairism and the war of persuasion: Labour's passive revolution. London: Lawrence & Wishart. ISBN 9780853159926.
  • Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (2015). Genes and the Bioimaginary: Science, Spectacle, Culture. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781409462552.

References

  1. ^ "Remembering Deborah Lynn Steinberg". Discover Society. 12 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Deborah Lynn Steinberg obituary, Theguardian.com; accessed 17 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Tessler, Gloria (19 April 2017). "Obituary: Deborah Lynn Steinberg". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Profile: Deborah Lynn Steinberg". Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. Retrieved 17 August 2017.


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