Deborah Lynn Steinberg
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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]
