Joan Cadden (historian)

Joan Cadden
Joan Cadden
Born	1944 (age 80–81)
Occupation	Historian of science
Known for	Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture (1993)
Awards	Pfizer Award (1994)
Academic background
Education	Vassar College (AB 1965); Columbia University (MA 1967); Indiana University Bloomington (PhD 1971);
Thesis	The Medieval Philosophy and Biology of Growth
Academic work
Discipline	History of science
Sub-discipline	Medieval history; Gender and sexuality;
Institutions	Harvard University (1971–1976); Kenyon College (1978–1996); University of California, Davis (1996–present (emeritus));

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 Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture (1993) received the Pfizer Award in 1994, from the History of Science Society, as the outstanding book on the history of science.