Dr. Elizabeth Adetiba is a critical scholar, writer, and self-proclaimed truthteller based in the Northeast U.S. Trained as a sociologist, Dr. Adetiba studies the impact of anti-Black sentiment in biomedical scholarship, with a particular focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Her research career extends from the U.S., to South Africa, to New Zealand, where she was a U.S. Fulbright Fellow.

Prior to becoming an academic, Dr. Adetiba worked as a journalist and fact-checker, with her work on police violence, gender violence, and criminal justice featured in HuffPost, Slate, The Nation, and The Black Youth Project. Writing remains her first love, and you can find her most recent public articles here.

She is a proud advocate for those, like herself, who navigate the complexities of chronic illness, and is forever committed to advancing people-powered liberation.