Cynthia T. Cook earned her Master's Degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago, and her Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University. Currently she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Florida A & M University, where she teaches medical sociology and population problems. Her area of specialization is medical sociology, demography, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Women's Studies with a concentration on global and domestic health disparities. She is co-editor of Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities, Voices in Sociology: an Introduction to Core Concepts, and the GRIOT (the official newsletter of the Association of Black Sociologists). Dr. Cook has published articles in the Journal of the National Medical Association, Program Planning and Evaluation, Law and Medicine, and the Journal of Black Studies.
