AFRAM 405A: Health Disparities in Black Women
SLN: 10177
TTh 4:30pm - 6:20pm
Instructor: LaShawnDa Pittman
5 Credits I&S / DIV
This course examines how social, economic, environmental, cultural and lifestyle factors contribute to differences in morbidity and mortality in Black women compared to women from other racial and ethnic backgrounds and Black men. We will also examine social determinants of population health among Black women. Through readings, films and class discussion we will trace the history of Black women’s health disparities beginning in the Jim Crow era.
AFRAM 498A: Science, Technology, and Race/Racisms
SLN: 10178
MW 10:30am - 12:20pm
5 Credits I&S
Instructor: Oliver Rollins
This course concentrates on social significance of twenty-first century racial science. What does it mean to know your ethnic ancestry through genetics, and what are the consequences for understanding race/ethnicity in such a way? What are the social and ethical costs, or benefits, to investigating racial bias via brain technologies?