Joan Cadden | |
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| Born | 1944 |
| Alma mater | Vassar College, Columbia University, Indiana University Bloomington, |
| Occupation(s) | Historian of science, Kenyon College, University of California, Davis |
| Awards | Pfizer Award |
Joan Cadden (born 1944) is Professor Emerita of medieval history and literature in the History Department of the University of California, Davis. She served as president of the History of Science Society (HSS) from 2006 to 2007. She has written extensively on gender and sexuality in medieval science and medicine. Her book Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Age: Medicine, Science, and Culture (1993) received the Pfizer Prize in 1994, from the History of Science Society, as the outstanding book on the history of science.