B. Ethan Coston

Associate Professor

B. ETHAN COSTON

  • 2022 – Associate Professor
    Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Department
    Virginia Commonwealth University

    2016 – 2022 Assistant Professor
    Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Department
    Virginia Commonwealth University

    2014 – 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor
    Department of Anthropology & Sociology
    Affiliated Faculty, Institute for Healthcare Professions
    Albion College

    2013 – 2014 Instructor
    Department of Sociology & Anthropology
    Farmingdale State College

  • 2025 – Interim Co-Chair, Queer Research and Advocacy (Q) Collective, Virginia Commonwealth University, Office of the Provost (Faculty Affairs)

    2025 – Editorial Board, Journal of Health & Social Behavior

    2023 – Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning Team, Richmond and Henrico Health Districts and the Virginia Department of Health

    2023 – Associate Editor (LGBTQ+ Health), American Journal of Public Health

    2022 – Founding and Current Director for The Sexual Health Exploration Project

    2022 – University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) Public Affairs Internship Site Supervisor

    2021 – 2025 Editorial Board, Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

    2012 – 2014 Managing Editor, Men & Masculinities Journal

    2004 – 2008 Individual Event (IE) High School Debate Judge, Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association

  • Medical Sociology; Health Communication; Public Health Education: including, principles of health equity and justice, health systems transformation, critical translational and implementation science, feminist metascience, and community-based, participatory, and patient-partner methodologies.